Zapusti New York ali pa te bo pesem ubila
Langston Hughes je zapisal $ $ $, da bi bil črn,
in $ $ $ tako, namakanje namakanje
»Leseni drogovi so nekoliko cenejši« …
»nekoliko cenejši«, kar zapiši si in
pridi na kosilo, ne pridi na kosilo,
dokler ne napišeš pesmi, »cenejše
kot srčevina lahko bi« »lahko bi
kupil srčevino že na začetku«
osupne te, da pošljejo človeka
v gozd brez vsega, da človek, ki ima vse,
pošilja v gozd, in ko je enkrat tam,
reče: v življenju sem delal
hude napake, veja, odreši me, padli ptič
odreši me, za walkmene imam zmeraj denar
drugi zlagajo moje perilo, suho listje
suhe veje velik ogenj za kuho
hrana zate je kuharju v zadovoljstvo
skopariti pri natakarici je sramotno
pa bodi še tako brez ficka, padi na kolena
pred čajnikom ogenj na Lafayette
in prosi Boginjo Natakarico odpuščanja
za tako polomijo ni rešitve
brez drame, prosim, goreče mesto, sajast pepel
šest dolarjev za vsako polico, prosim
imamo začimbe in še več začimb
kanta za smeti osem dolarjev
smetje in še več smetja Voham tvoje palačinke
in vzel ti jih bom.
Poslali smo ga na vožnjo s podzemno
šel je in se vrnil
… »Ljudje se usajajo nad vsem«
in starejši modro prikimavajo »Ljudje
so do vsega nezaupljivi« in
starejši modro prikimavajo »Ljudje
ne vidijo ničesar drugega kot davke in čas«
starejši modro prikimavajo
modro
$$$$$$
je sikalo
skoz njegove sanje
podzemna je dolar petdeset
in dolar petdeset ni nič
podzemna gre na Coney Island
podzemna gre na Jamajko
podzemna je tako delikatna
množice množice
Zdaj pa odidite, da se lahko vozimo s podzemno
se vozimo s podzemno, zdaj pa odidite, listje se suši
listje pada, lepi lepi podzemni vagon
nadzemni nadzemni podzemni vagon, zapusti mesto
in padaj padaj padaj.
Ti si dolar petdeset
Najemnina stabilizira starejše
Starejše preklinjaj in se jim priklanjaj
Ne zapravi $39.00 za roko pesnika
Ne zapravi $1.00 za dve palačinki s šalotko
Ne zapravi celega premoženja za telo adonisa
K vragu s telovadbo in preprodajalcem
mesto in njegova trgovina
Ne olni hiše z nekoristnim sranjem
Ne pobegni z motorjem samo zato,
da boš nazaj pošiljal čeke za najemnino
ne kliči taksija za deset dolarjev, da boš odpihoval paro
in zasmodil njegov zadnji sedež
in gledal taksimeter, kako skače po četrtinkah
Ne zapravi $7.50 za ročaje za sekiro pri Garyju Syndru
Ne zapravi $35.00 za nabranega kogarkoli
Ne pošiljal e-pošte z delovnega mesta
Ne blagoslavljaj vlaka ob delovnikih
ali harekrišen, ki prodajajo ovseno kašo
Vulkan siromaštva
naknadni izbruh malih receptov
plačaj četrtaka
plačaj četrtaka
plačaj četrtaka
pa si brez ficka
Siva stavba
med vsemi drugimi stavbami
kovčki vrh kovčkov
vrh kovčkov do strehe.
Plezaj in ne reci, da plezam
sezi do vrha in ne reci
da sem dosegel vrh
sprejmi aplavz vroče ponve
kakor da bi bili starejši, ki pravijo
poslali smo te s podzemno v mesto
v hudobni, zavaljeni svet in ploskamo
tvojemu uspehu, in ne reci, da slišim starejše
mislim, da slišim starejše.
iz angleščine prevedel Janko Lozar
Leave New York or the poem will kill you
Langston Hughes wrote $ $ $ to be black
and $ $ $ so, soaking soaking
"Sapwood posts are a little bit cheaper"...
"a little bit cheaper" just write it and
come to dinner, don't come to dinner
until you've written your poem "cheaper
than heartwood I could" "I could
have bought all the heartwood from the start"
the startling thing is that they send a man off
into the woods with nothing, that a man with everything
sends off into the woods and once there
says, I have made terrible mistakes
with my life, branch redeem me, fallen
bird redeem me, I have spent on walkmen
others have folded my laundry, dry leaves
dry branches a great fire to cook
a meal for you is the cook's pleasure
to skimp out on the waitress is a shame
no matter how broke you are fall to your knees
in front of the kettle fire on Lafayette
and beg forgiveness of the Waitress God
this sort of calamity will not be remedied
without drama please burning city sooty cinders
please, six dollars for every shelf
we have spices and more spices
eight dollars a trash can
garbage and more garbage
I can smell your pancakes
and I will take them away from you.
We sent him out to ride the subway
he did and he returned
..."Men have anger about everything"
and the elders nod wisely "Men
have distrust about everything" and
the elders nod wisely "Men see nothing
in front but the toll and the timeline"
the elders nod wisely
wisely
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rattled
through his dreams
the subway is a dollar fifty
and a dollar fifty is nothing
the subway goes to Coney Island
the subway goes to Jamaica
the subway is so intricate
the masses the masses
You must leave us now to ride the subway
ride the subway leave us now, leaves are drying
leaves are falling, beautiful beautiful subway car
overground overground subway car, leave the city
and fall fall fall.
You are a dollar fifty Rent stabilize the elders
Damn and praise the elders
Do not spend $39.00 on the hand of the poet
Do not spend $1.00 on two scallion pancakes
Do not spend a fortune on the body of adonis
Damn the gym and the vendor
the city and its commerce
Do not ?ll your house with useless crap
Do not escape on a motorcycle
only to send rent checks back
Do not hail a ten dollar cab to blow off steam
and smoke his back seat up
and watch the meter jump by quarters
Do not spend $7.50 on axe handles by Gary Snyder
Do not spend $35.00 on the collected anyone
Do not e-mail yourself to the country from work
Do not bless the commuter train
or the krishnas selling oatmeal
Volcano of poverty
aftershock of small receipts
pay out a quarter
pay out a quarter
pay out a quarter
the next thing you're broke.
Gray building
between all the other buildings
suitcases on top of suitcases
on top of suitcases to the roof.
Climb and do not say I climb
reach the top and do not say
I have reached the top
accept the applause of the hot frying pan
as if it were the elders saying
we sent you out to the subway to the city
to the mean fatty world and we applaud
your success, and do not say I hear the elders,
I think I hear the elders.
