Sarajevo
David Riondino| Versione inglese della poesia di Czesław Miłosz | |
| SARAJEVO (Neka to ne bude pjesma, ali barem govorim što osjećam) Sada bi bila potrebna revolucija, ali hladni su oni koji su nekad bili vreli. Kad ubijana i silovana zemlja zove u pomoć Evropu u koju je povjerovala, oni zijevaju. Kad njihovi državnici biraju podlost, ne čuje se glas koji bi to imenovao. Lažna je bila pobuna mladosti što se zanosila obnovom Zemlje i to pokoljenje samo sebi sad izriče presudu. Primajući ravnodušno vapaj onih što ginu, jer su to mračni barbari što se međusobno ubijaju. I život sitnih više vrijedi nego život gladnih. Sad se vidi da je njihova Evropa od početka bila opsjena, jer njena vjera tjera i temelj i ništavilo. Ništavilo, kao što su ponavljali proroci, rađa samo ništavilo i opet oni će biti kao marva vođena na klanje. Da bi zadrhtali i u posljednjem trenutku uočili da će otad riječ Sarajevo, značiti istrebljenje njihovih sinova i obeščašćenje njihovih kćeri. Pripremaju to uvjeravajući sebe: "Mi smo barem bezbjedni", a međutim ono što će ih srušiti dozrijeva u njima samima. | SARAJEVO Perhaps this is not a poem but at least I say what I feel. Now that a revolution really is needed, those who once were fervent are quite cool. While a country murdered and raped calls for help from the Europe which it had trusted, they yawn. While statesmen choose villainy and no voice is raised to call it by name. The rebellion of the young who called for a new earth was a sham, and that generation has written the verdict on itself, Listening with indifference to the cries of those who perish because they are after all just barbarians killing each other And the lives of the well-fed are worth more than the lives of the starving. It is revealed now that their Europe since the beginning has been a deception, for its faith and foundation is nothingness. And nothingness, as the prophets keep saying, brings forth only nothingness, and they will be led once again like cattle to laughter. Let them tremble and at the last moment comprehend that the word Sarajevo will from now on mean the destruction of their sons and the debasement of their daughters. They prepare it by repeating: ‘We at least are safe,’ unaware that what will strike them ripens in themselves. |
