Poem by Atahualpa Yupanqui for my Serbian friends 'Questions about God'

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One day I asked
“Grandpa where is God?”
One day I asked
“Grandpa where is God?”

My grandpa turned sad
And answered nothing
My grandpa died in the countryside
Without prayers or confession
And was buried by the Indians
Cane flute and tambourine
And was buried by the Indians
Cane flute and tambourine

Time later, I asked
“Dad, where is God?”
Time later, I asked
“Dad, where is God?”
My dad got serious
And answered nothing
My father died in the mine
Without doctor nor confession
Sweat of miner blood
Has the Master’s gold!
And was buried by the natives
Cane flute and tambourine

My brother lives in the mountains
And he ain’t see no flower
Sweat, malaria and snakes
Is the woodcutter’s life
And nobody better asks him
If he knows where god is
Around his house has never gone
Individual that important
Around his house has never gone
Individual that important

I sing when I’m free
And when I’m in prison
I feel the people’s voices
That sing much better than me

There’s an issue in the Earth
Way more important than god
And it’s that no person should spit blood
So somebody else lives at ease
And it’s that no person should spit blood
So somebody else lives at ease

If god cares about the poor
Perhaps yes, perhaps no
But for sure he dines
In the master’s table!
But for sure he dines
In the master’s table!

Vanja1's picture

Mi amor

Esto es hermoso mi amor, un besote, Vanja.

malena's picture

kad se želje i mogućnosti

kad se želje i mogućnosti ne poklapaju, Boga nema pa čak ni za gazdinim trpezom.
Sorry Antonio, my writing english is very bad.

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I can't agree more!!!

malena wrote:

kad se želje i mogućnosti ne poklapaju, Boga nema pa čak ni za gazdinim trpezom.
Sorry Antonio, my writing english is very bad.

I can't agree more!!!!

malena's picture

Antonio Cuagliata

Antonio Cuagliata wrote:
malena wrote:

kad se želje i mogućnosti ne poklapaju, Boga nema pa čak ni za gazdinim trpezom.
Sorry Antonio, my writing english is very bad.

I can't agree more!!!!

Can't agree with the firste one or the second sentence? :))))

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I DO agree!!!

malena wrote:
Antonio Cuagliata wrote:
malena wrote:

kad se želje i mogućnosti ne poklapaju, Boga nema pa čak ni za gazdinim trpezom.
Sorry Antonio, my writing english is very bad.

I can't agree more!!!!

Can't agree with the firste one or the second sentence? :))))

I DO agree with the first sentence!!! Best wishes,

Antonio Cuagliata's picture

Vos sos hermosa Vanki

Vanja Montenegro Ljujic wrote:

Esto es hermoso mi amor, un besote, Vanja.

Vos sos hermosa Vanki!!! Diosa!!!!

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Atahualpa Yupanqui

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Kurt Cobain (off topic)

Kurt Cobain
Na današnji dan 1967. godine rođen je američki muzičar Kurt Cobain.

Njegove pesme i muzika grupe Nirvana ostaće zauvek duboko urezane u zajedničko sećanje i nasleđe miliona pripadnika tzv. Generacije X.

Početkom devedesetih, kada su ludilo i mržnja preplavili našu bivšu zemlju, svi mi X-meni, otišli smo na buvljak i kupili poljsku piratsku kasetu “Nevermind”. Sećam se da smo Darko i ja na putu ka buvljaku sreli Šmidu i Rija (ili Mikicu?) koji su se vraćali sa svojim kopijama kasete.

Te 1991. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” se vrteo na MTV-ju bukvalno 20 puta dnevno. Naša mala slobodna teritorija u baru Gustav, bila je svetlosnim godinama daleko od sveta odgovornih i odraslih koji su tako bestijalno uništavali bilo kakvu šansu za normalan i pristojan život. Sve se raspadalo, a mi smo se samo drali:

This is out of our reach… and it’s grown
This is getting to be… drone
I’m a negative creep and I’m stoned!

Daddy’s little girl ain’t a girl no more

This is out of our range… and it’s crude
This is getting to be… like drone
I’m a negative creep and I’m stoned!

Fuck! Yeah! Drone! Stoned!

Uticaj Cobaina i Nirvane na popularnu muziku je nemerljiv. Sa njima je došao kraj arena-rock slatkišima i ispraznom popu top-lista. Rokenrol je ponovo vraćen “malom čoveku”, a američki garage/pank i college/indie osamdesetih je kroz Nirvanu doživeo zasluženo priznanje i širu afirmaciju.

Danas, u vreme totalnog i totalitarnog konzumerizma i površnosti, teško je poverovati u gotovo mitski značaj i ulogu Kurta Cobaina i Nirvane. Tih dana, fanzinski i DIY punk senzibilitet dobio je globalni značaj, daleko veći od prve fashion/rebellion/postIIwar inkarnacije pank pokreta.

Milioni izgubljenih duša, prikrivenih gay mladih ljudi, raznih geekova i nerdova, te naprosto ljubitelja iskrenog i snažnog muzičkog i umetničkog izraza, pronašli su u Nirvani onu vatru muzičkog nasleđa koju su do tada nosili recimo Cash, Morrison, Hendrix ili zaboravljeni biseri poput Lead Belly-ja i Nick Drake-a.

Buran, kratak i heroin-induced život, Cobain je završio pucnjem iz sačmarice u svoju glavu 5. aprila 1994. godine.

Na ulasku u njegovo rodno mesto na tabli piše:

Welcome to Aberdeen

Come As You Are

http://procedura.net1zen.com/

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"Uticaj Cobaina i Nirvane na

"Uticaj Cobaina i Nirvane na popularnu muziku je nemerljiv. Sa njima je došao kraj arena-rock slatkišima i ispraznom popu top-lista."

Slava mu! :)

"Buran, kratak i heroin-induced život, Cobain je završio pucnjem iz sačmarice u svoju glavu 5. aprila 1994. godine."

Da umre mlad - da bude lep les.

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