Desanka Maksimovic – Nemam više vremena

Nemam više vremena za duge rečenice,
nemam kad da pregovaram,
otkucavam poruke kao telegrame.
Nemam vremena da raspirujem plamen,
sad zaprećem šake zgorela žara.
Nemam više vremena za hodočašća,
naglo se smanjuje putanja do ušća,
nemam kad da se osvrćem i vraćam.
Nemam više vremena za sitnice,

Sad treba misliti na večno i neobuhvatno.
Nemam kad da razmišljam na raskrsnici,
mogu stići jedino kudgod u blizinu.
Nemam vremena da išta izučavam,
nemam vremena sad za analize,
za mene je voda sada samo voda
kao da sam je pila sa kladenca;
nemam kad da razlažem na sastojke nebo,
vidim ga onakvo kakvo ga vide deca.
Nemam više vremena za bogove tuđe,
ni svoga nisam dobro upoznala.
Nemam kad da usvajam zapovesti nove,
mnogo mi je i starih deset zapovesti.
Nemam više kad da se pridružujem
ni onima koji istinu dokazuju.
Nemam kad da se borim protiv hajkača.
Nemam kad da sanjam, da lagano koračam.

Desanka Maksimovic - Nemam vise vremena

English Translation

I Am Out Of Time

I don’t have any more time for long sentences,
I have no time for negotiations,
I type messages like telegrams,
I don’t have time to ignite flame,
now I bury handfuls of dying fire.
I don’t have any more time for pilgrimage,
the path to estuary is suddenly getting shorter,
I have no time to look back and return,
I don’t have any more time for trifles,

Now is time to think about the eternal and the unembraceable.
I have no time to think on crossroads,
I can arrive only somewhere close.
I don’t have time to study anything,
now I don’t have time for analysis,
for me, water is just water
as if I had drank it from a well;
I have no time to split the sky into pieces,
I see it as children see it.
I don’t have any more time for foreign gods,
I haven’t even got to know mine well.
I have no time to adopt new commandments,
the old ten are already too much for me.
I don’t have any more time to join
those advocating for truth.
I have no time to fight the chasers.
I have no time to dream, to walk slowly.

2 thoughts on “Desanka Maksimovic – Nemam više vremena

  1. Koliko vidim, ukupno je bila 1 greska – umesto “nemam kad da pregovaram” pisalo je “nemam kad ne pregovaram” tako da mi je gornji komentar potpuno nejasan.

  2. Navedeni tekst pesme na srpskom jeziku ima upadljivih grešaka u odnosu na original, a to je nedopustivo!

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