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| Ja sam najgori lažov na svetu. Jezivo nešto. Čak i kad idem da kupim novine, a neko pita kuda ću, u stanju sam da kažem kako idem u operu. | I’M THE MOST terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. |
| Strava. Kad sam rekao starom Spenseru da moram u fiskulturnu salu da bih pokupio opremu i ostalo, bila je to ordinarna laž. Nikad u životu nisam držao neku prokletu opremu u sali. | It's terrible. So when I told old Spencer I had to go to the gym and get my equipment and stuff, that was a sheer lie. I don't even keep my goddam equipment in the gym. |
| U Pensiju sam bio smešten u Osenburgerovom krilu nove zgrade. Tu su bili samo juniori i seniori. Ja sam bio junior. Učenik sa kojim sam delio sobu bio je senior. | Where I lived at Pencey, I lived in the Ossenburger Memorial Wing of the new dorms. It was only for juniors and seniors. I was a junior. My roommate was a senior. |
| Naš deo zgrade dobio je ime po tom Osen-burgeru koji je nekada išao u Pensi. Namlatio je silne pare kao pogrebnik, kad je izašao iz Pensija. Šta je uradio - osnovao je lanac pogrebnih zavoda po čitavoj zemlji, preko kojih čovek može da sahrani članove svoje porodice za jedno pet dolara po komadu. Trebalo je videti starog Osenburgera. | It was named after this guy Ossenburger that went to Pencey. He made a pot of dough in the undertaking business after he got out of Pencey. What he did, he started these undertaking parlors all over the country that you could get members of your family buried for about five bucks apiece. You should see old Ossenburger. |
| Verovamo ih je samo trpao u džakove i bacao u prvu reku. Sve u svemu, poklonio je Pensiju gomilu para, pa su našem delu zgrade dali njegovo ime. | He probably just shoves them in a sack and dumps them in the river. Anyway, he gave Pencey a pile of dough, and they named our wing after him. |
| Kada je igran prvi ragbi-meč u sezoni, on je stigao u svom monstruoznom 'kadilaku' pa smo svi morali da ustanemo na tribinama i imitiramo lokomotivu - to je kao neki pozdrav. Sledećeg jutra je u kapeli održao govor koji je trajao jedno deset sati. | The first football game of the year, he came up to school in this big goddam Cadillac, and we all had to stand up in the grandstand and give him a locomotive―that's a cheer. Then, the next morning, in chapel, be made a speech that lasted about ten hours. |
| Počeo je s pedesetak bajatih viceva, tek da nam pokaže kako je on neki normalan tip. Jaka stvar. | He started off with about fifty corny jokes, just to show us what a regular guy he was. Very big deal. |
| Onda nam je rekao kako se nikad nije stideo, kad se nađe u nekoj nevolji ili negde, da klekne na kolena i pomoli se Bogu. Rekao nam je kako bi uvek trebalo da se molimo Bogu - da razgovaramo s njim i sve - gde god se nalazili. | Then he started telling us how he was never ashamed, when he was in some kind of trouble or something, to get right down his knees and pray to God. He told us we should always pray to God―talk to Him and all―wherever we were. |
| Rekao je kako bi trebalo da mislimo o Isusu kao da nam je drugar. Izjavio je da on neprestano razgovara sa Isusom. Čak i kad vozi auto. To me dotuklo. | He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me. |
| Lepo sam mogao da vidim tog debelog dvoličnog skota kako ubacuje u prvu i moli Isusa da mu pošalje što više leševa. Jedino što je vredelo u čitavom govoru bilo je baš na sredini. | I just see the big phony bastard shifting into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs. The only good part of his speech was right in the middle of it. |
| Hvalio nam se kakav je on sjajan momak bio, kakva lafčina i sve, kada je lik koji je sedeo u redu ispred mene, Edgar Maršala, iznenada odvalio taj gromoglasni prdež. Prilično sirova fora, usred kapele i svega, ali komično je ispalo. Dobri stari Maršala. | He was telling us all about what a swell guy he was, what a hot-shot and all, then all of a sudden this guy sitting in the row in front of me, Edgar Marsalla, laid this terrific fart. It was a very crude thing to do, in chapel and all, but it was also quite amusing. Old Marsalla. |
| Malo je falilo da razvali krov. Teško da se iko glasno smejao, a stari Osenburger pravio se da ništa nije čuo, ali je stari Tarmer, naš direktor, sedeo odmah do njega na podijumu i lepo se videlo da je on čuo. | He damn near blew the roof off. Hardly anybody laughed out loud, and old Ossenburger made out like he didn't even hear it, but old Thurmer, the headmaster, was sitting right next to him on the rostrum and all, and you could tell he heard it. |
| Ljudi moji, kako je pobesneo. Ništa nije rekao, ali zato nas je predveče poslao u salu za prinudno učenje, a onda došao i održao nam govor. | Boy, was he sore. He didn't say anything then, but the next night he made us have compulsory study hall in the academic building and he came up and made a speech. |
| Rekao je kako učenik koji je izazvao nered u kapeli nije dostojan da pohađa Pensi. Pokušali smo da ubedimo starog Maršalu da grune još jednom, baš usred tirade starog Tarmera, ali nije bio adekvatno raspoložen. | He said that the boy that had created the disturbance in chapel wasn't fit to go to Pencey. We tried to get old Marsalla to rip off another one, right while old Thurmer was making his speech, but he wasn't in the right mood. |
| Sve u svemu, eto gde sam bio smešten u Pensiju. U memorijalnom krilu starog Osenburgera, u novoj zgradi. Lepo je bilo vratiti se u sobu posle starog Spensera, jer su svi još bili na utakmici, a u sobi je, za promenu, bilo uključeno grejanje. | Anyway, that's where I lived at Pencey. Old Ossenburger Memorial Wing, in the new dorms. It was pretty nice to get back to my room, after I left old Spencer, because everybody was down at the game, and the heat was on in our room, for a change. |
| Baš je prijalo. Skinuo sam mantil i kravatu i otkopčao kragnu, a onda stavio kapu koju sam tog jutra kupio u Njujorku. To je bila neka crvena lovačka kapa, od onih sa maksimalno dugačkim štitnikom. | It felt sort of cosy. I took off my coat and my tie and unbuttoned my shirt collar; and then I put on this hat that I'd bought in New York that morning. It was this red hunting hat, with one of those very, very long peaks. |
| Video sam je u izlogu neke sportske radnje kad smo izašli iz podzemne, baš kad sam primetio da sam izgubio sve one proklete mačeve. Koštala me samo dolar. Nosio sam je sa štitnikom okrenutim naopako, ka potiljku - prilično kulovski, priznajem, ali tako mi se sviđalo. | I saw it in the window of this sports store when we got out of the subway, just after I noticed I'd lost all the goddam foils. It only cost me a buck. The way I wore it, I swung the old peak way around to the back―very corny, I'll admit, but I liked it that way. |
| Dobro mi je stajala naopačke. Onda sam uzeo knjigu koju sam tada čitao i zaseo u fotelju. U svakoj sobi bile su po dve fotelje. Jedna je bila moja, a drugu je koristio učenik s kojim sam delio sobu, Vard Stredleter. | I looked good in it that way. Then I got this book I was reading and sat down in my chair. There were two chairs in every room. I had one and my roommate, Ward Stradlater, had one. |
| Nasloni su im bili u žalosnom stanju, jer je svako uvek sedao na njih, ali bile su to ipak prilično udobne fotelje. Knjigu koju sam čitao uzeo sam iz biblioteke, ali greškom. Tek kad sam se vratio u sobu primetio sam da su mi dali pogrešnu knjigu. | The arms were in sad shape, because everybody was always sitting on them, but they were pretty comfortable chairs. The book I was reading was this book I took out of the library by mistake. They gave me the wrong book, and I didn't notice it till I got back to my room. |
| Dali su mi Iz Afrike, od Isaka Dinesena. Mislio sam da je nešto dosadno, ali nije. Baš dobra knjiga. Prilično sam nepismen, ali dosta čitam. | They gave me Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen. I thought it was going to stink, but it didn't. It was a very good book. I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. |
| Moj najomiljeniji pisac je moj brat D. B., a sledeći na listi je Ring Lardner. Brat mi je poklonio jednu knjigu Ringa Lardnera za rođendan, pre mog odlaska u Pensi. | My favorite author is my brother D.B., and my next favorite is Ring Lardner. My brother gave me a book by Ring Lardner for my birthday, just before I went to Pencey. |
| U njoj su bile neke smešne, sulude komedije, a bila je i jedna priča o saobraćajcu koji se zaljubi u neku jako zgodnu devojku koja uvek prebrzo vozi. Ali taj saobraćajac je oženjen, pa ne može da se venča s njom ili nešto. Onda devojka gine zato što je opet prebrzo vozila. | It had these very funny, crazy plays in it, and then it had this one story about a traffic cop that falls in love with this very cute girl that's always speeding. Only, he's married, the cop, so be can't marry her or anything. Then this girl gets killed, because she's always speeding. |
| Ta me priča bukvalno oborila. Ja inače najviše volim knjige koje te bar povremeno zasmeju ili nešto. Čitam dosta klasika, kao Povratak u zavičaj i sve, i volim ih, a čitam i dosta ratnih knjiga, detektivskih romana i slično, ali nisam baš zaluđen za sve to. | That story just about killed me. What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in a while. I read a lot of classical books, like The Return of the Native and all, and I like them, and I read a lot of war books and mysteries and all, but they don't knock me out too much. |
| Ono što me stvarno obara je knjiga posle koje poželiš da ti je njen pisac najbolji prijatelj i da možeš da ga okreneš telefonom kad god ti dođe. To se ne dešava baš često. Ne bih imao ništa protiv da okrenem malo tog Isaka Dinesena. I Ringa Lardnera, ali D. B. mi je rekao da je on umro. Uzmimo, na primer, knjigu Ljudski okovi, od Somerseta Moma. | What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though. I wouldn't mind calling this Isak Dinesen up. And Ring Lardner, except that D.B. told me he's dead. You take that book Of Human Bondage, by Somerset Maugham, though. |
| Čitao sam je prošlog leta. To je prilično dobra knjiga i sve, ali ne osećam nikakvu želju da okrenem Somerseta Moma. Pre bih okrenuo starog Tomasa Hardija. Sviđa mi se ona njegova Justasja Vaj. | I read it last summer. It's a pretty good book and all, but I wouldn't want to call Somerset Maugham up. I don't know, He just isn't the kind of guy I'd want to call up, that's all. I'd rather call old Thomas Hardy up. I like that Eustacia Vye. |
| Sve u svemu, stavio sam novu kapu, seo u fotelju i počeo da čitam tu knjigu, Iz Afrike. Već sam je bio pročitao, ali hteo sam ponovo da pročitam neke delove. | Anyway, I put on my new hat and sat down and started reading that book Out of Africa. I'd read it already, but I wanted to read certain parts over again. |
| Međutim, pročitao sam samo dve-tri stranice kad sam čuo kako neko prolazi kroz zavese oko tuša. Nisam ni morao da gledam, odmah sam znao ko je. Bio je to Robert Ekli, lik iz susedne sobe. | I'd only read about three pages, though, when I heard somebody coming through the shower curtains. Even without looking up, I knew right away who it was. It was Robert Ackley, this guy that roomed right next to me. |
| Između svake dve sobe u našem krilu bio je zajednički tuš, a stari Ekli je upadao u moju sobu osamdeset pet puta dnevno. Verovatno je bio jedini u čitavoj zgradi, osim mene, koji nije dole na utakmici. | There was a shower right between every two rooms in our wing, and about eighty-five times a day old Ackley barged in on me. He was probably the only guy in the whole dorm, besides me, that wasn't down at the game. |
| Teško da je ikada ikud odlazio. Vrlo čudan lik. Bio je senior i već je pune četiri godine sedeo u Pensiju, ali niko ga nikad nije zvao drukčije nego 'Ekli'. Čak ga ni njegov sobni drug nikad nije zvao 'Bob' ili bar 'Ek'. Ako se ikad bude oženio, i žena će ga verovatno zvati 'Ekli'. Bio je jedan od onih vrlo visokih tipova - imao je oko 193 - spuštenih ramena i kvarnih zuba. | He hardly ever went anywhere. He was a very peculiar guy. He was a senior, and he'd been at Pencey the whole four years and all, but nobody ever called him anything except "Ackley." Not even Herb Gale, his own roommate, ever called him "Bob" or even "Ack." If he ever gets married, his own wife'll probably call him "Ackley." He was one of these very, very tall, round-shouldered guys―he was about six four―with lousy teeth. |
| Nikada ga nisam video da pere zube. Uvek su gadno izgledali, kao obrasli žabokrečinom, i mogla je skoro muka da ti pripadne kad ga vidiš u sali za ručavanje, ustiju punih pirea i graška ili nečeg. | The whole time he roomed next to me, I never even once saw him brush his teeth. They always looked mossy and awful, and he damn near made you sick if you saw him in the dining room with his mouth full of mashed potatoes and peas or something. |
| Osim toga, bio je pun bubuljica. Ne samo po čelu ili bradi, kao kod većine, već po čitavom licu. | Besides that, he had a lot of pimples. Not just on his forehead or his chin, like most guys, but all over his whole face. |
| Povrh svega, bio je i prilično zloban tip. Nisam baš ludovao za njim, moram da priznam. | And not only that, he had a terrible personality. He was also sort of a nasty guy. I wasn't too crazy about him, to tell you the truth. |
| Osećao sam kako stoji na ivici tuš-kade, iza moje fotelje, i proverava da li je Stredleter tu. Mrzeo je Stredletera, i nikada nije ulazio u sobu kad je Stredleter tu. Gotovo svakoga je mrzeo, u suštini. | I could feel him standing on the shower ledge, right behind my chair, taking a look to see if Stradlater was around. He hated Stradlater's guts and he never came in the room if Stradlater was around. He hated everybody's guts, damn near. |
| Sišao je sa ivice tuš-kade i ušetao u sobu. "Zdravo", rekao je. | He came down off the shower ledge and came in the room. "Hi," he said. |
| Uvek bi to izgovorio kao da mu je strahovito dosadno ili kao da je užasno umoran. Nije hteo da pomisliš kako ti on dolazi u posetu ili nešto. Hteo je da pomisliš kako je, bože moj, greškom ušetao u sobu. | He always said it like he was terrifically bored or terrifically tired. He didn't want you to think he was visiting you or anything. He wanted you to think he'd come in by mistake, for God's sake. |
| "Zdravo", rekao sam, ali nisam odvojio pogled s knjige. Kod lika kao što je Ekli, ako samo odvojiš pogled s knjige, gotov si. Gotov si kako god okreneš, ali ne tako brzo ako ne gledaš u njegovom pravcu. | "Hi," I said, but I didn't look up from my book. With a guy like Ackley, if you looked up from your book you were a goner. You were a goner anyway, but not as quick if you didn't look up right away. |
| Počeo je da se muva po sobi, vrlo usporeno kao i uvek, uzimajući usput razne stvari sa stola i komode. Uvek je uzimao tuđe stvari i razgledao ih. Ljudi moji, ponekad me baš nervirao. "Kakvo je bilo mačevanje?" rekao je. | He started walking around the room, very slow and all, the way he always did, picking up your personal stuff off your desk and chiffonier. He always picked up your personal stuff and looked at it. Boy, could he get on your nerves sometimes. "How was the fencing?" he said. |
| Samo je hteo da me prekine u čitanju. Uopšte ga nije zanimalo mačevanje. "Jesmo li pobedili, a?" | He just wanted me to quit reading and enjoying myself. He didn't give a damn about the fencing. "We win, or what?" he said. |
| "Niko nije pobedio", rekoh. Naravno, nisam pogledao prema njemu. | "Nobody won," I said. Without looking up, though. |
| "Šta?" rekao je. Večito je terao čoveka da mu sve dvaput kaže. | "What?" he said. He always made you say everything twice. |
| "Niko nije pobedio", rekoh. Krišom sam pogledao u stranu da vidim šta to petlja oko moje komode. Gledao je sliku jedne devojke s kojom sam izlazio u Njujorku, Sali Hejs. Mora da je uzimao i razgledao tu prokletu sliku bar pet hiljada puta od kad sam je dobio. | "Nobody won," I said. I sneaked a look to see what he was fiddling around with on my chiffonier. He was looking at this picture of this girl I used to go around with in New York, Sally Hayes. He must've picked up that goddam picture and looked at it at least five thousand times since I got it. |
| I uvek bi je, kad završi s gledanjem, vratio na pogrešno mesto. Namerno je to radio. Lepo se videlo. | He always put it back in the wrong place, too, when he was finished. He did it on purpose. You could tell. |
| "Niko nije pobedio?" rekao je. "Kako to?" "Ostavio sam proklete mačeve i opremu u podzemnoj." I dalje nisam gledao u njega. | "Nobody won," he said. "How come?" "I left the goddam foils and stuff on the subway." I still didn't look up at him. |
| "U podzemnoj! Isusel Izgubio si ih, misliš?" "Ušli smo u pogrešan voz. Stalno sam morao da ustajem i gledam u onu idiotsku mapu." | "On the subway, for Chrissake! Ya lost them, ya mean?" "We got on the wrong subway. I had to keep getting up to look at a goddam map on the wall." |
| Prišao je i nacrtao mi se baš ispred svetla. "Ej", rekoh. "Već dvadeseti put čitam istu rečenicu otkako si ušao." | He came over and stood right in my light. "Hey," I said. "I've read this same sentence about twenty times since you came in." |
| Svako drugi osim Eklija shvatio bi prokletu poruku. Ali ne i on. "Misliš da će te naterati da ih platiš, a?" rekao je. | Anybody else except Ackley would've taken the goddam hint. Not him, though. "Think they'll make ya pay for em?" he said. |
| "Ne znam i ne zanima me. Što ne bi malo seo ili nešto, Ekli-sinko? | "I don't know, and I don't give a damn. How 'bout sitting down or something, Ackley kid? |
| Stojiš mi na prokletom svetlu." Nije voleo kad mu kažeš 'Ekli-sinko'. Uvek mi je govorio da sam glupi klinac, jer ja imam šesnaest a on osamnaest godina. Izluđivalo ga kad mu kažem 'Ekli-sinko'. | You're right in my goddam light." He didn't like it when you called him "Ackley kid." He was always telling me I was a goddam kid, because I was sixteen and he was eighteen. It drove him mad when I called him "Ackley kid." |
| I dalje je stajao na istom mestu. Bio je baš onaj tip čoveka koji neće da se skloni sa svetla kad tražiš da se skloni. On to na kraju i učini, ali mu treba mnogo više vremena kad to tražiš od njega. "Šta, kog đavola, radiš?" rekao je. | He kept standing there. He was exactly the kind of a guy that wouldn't get out of your light when you asked him to. He'd do it, finally, but it took him a lot longer if you asked him to. "What the hellya reading?" he said. |
| "Čitam knjigu." | "Goddam book." |
| Munuo je knjigu prema meni, da bi video naslov. "Valja li nešto?" rekao je. | He shoved my book back with his hand so that he could see the name of it. "Any good?" he said. |
| "Ova rečenica koju čitam je fenomenalna." Umem da budem prilično sarkastičan kad sam raspoložen za to. Ali on nije shvatio. Opet je počeo da se muva po sobi, uzimajući razne moje stvari, a i Stredleterove. | "This sentence I'm reading is terrific." I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood. He didn't get it, though. He started walking around the room again, picking up all my personal stuff, and Stradlater's. |
| Na kraju sam spustio knjigu na pod. Teško je bilo pročitati nešto pored tipa kao što je Ekli. Bilo je u stvari nemoguće. | Finally, I put my book down on the floor. You couldn't read anything with a guy like Ackley around. It was impossible. |
| Duboko sam se zavalio u fotelju i posmatrao starog Eklija kako se baškari kao u svojoj kući. Bio sam nešto kao umoran od putovanja u Njujork i ostalog, pa sam počeo da zevam. Onda sam krenuo malo da se glupiram. Ponekad se tako glupiram do besvesti, samo da se spasem dosade. | I slid way the hell down in my chair and watched old Ackley making himself at home. I was feeling sort of tired from the trip to New York and all, and I started yawning. Then I started horsing around a little bit. Sometimes I horse around quite a lot, just to keep from getting bored. |
| Šta sam uradio - okrenuo sam štitnik one lovačke kape napred i nabio ga skroz preko očiju. Tako ništa živo nisam mogao da vidim. "Mislim da sam oslepeo", rekao sam nekim krajnje promuklim glasom. "Majčice draga, tako je mračno ovde." | What I did was, I pulled the old peak of my hunting hat around to the front, then pulled it way down over my eyes. That way, I couldn't see a goddam thing. "I think I'm going blind," I said in this very hoarse voice. "Mother darling, everything's getting so dark in here." |
| "Ti si lud. Stvarno si lud", reče Ekli. | "You're nuts. I swear to God," Ackley said. |
| "Majčice draga, pruži mi ruku. Zašto nećeš da mi pružiš ruku?" | "Mother darling, give me your hand, Why won't you give me your hand?" |
| "Isuse, odrasti već jednom." | "For Chrissake, grow up." |
| Počeo sam da pipam oko sebe kao slepac, ali nisam ustao ili nešto. Samo sam govorio: "Majčice draga, zašto nećeš da mi pružiš ruku?" Uživam ponekad u takvim stvarima. Osim toga, znao sam da to izluđuje starog Eklija. | I started groping around in front of me, like a blind guy, but without getting up or anything. I kept saying, "Mother darling, why won't you give me your hand?" I was only horsing around, naturally. That stuff gives me a bang sometimes. Besides, I know it annoyed hell out of old Ackley. |
| On bi uvek probudio starog sadistu u meni. Prilično sam često bio sadista prema njemu. Na kraju sam ipak prestao. Okrenuo sam štitnik nazad i opustio se. | He always brought out the old sadist in me. I was pretty sadistic with him quite often. Finally, I quit, though. I pulled the peak around to the back again, and relaxed. |
| "Čije je ovo?" rekao je Ekli. Podigao je Stredleterov bandaž za koleno da mi ga pokaže. Taj Ekli je uzimao što god mu padne pod ruku. Uzeo bi čak i nečije gaće ili nešto. | "Who belongsa this?" Ackley said. He was holding my roommate's knee supporter up to show me. That guy Ackley'd pick up anything. He'd even pick up your jock strap or something. |
| Rekao sam mu da je Stredleterov, pa ga je bacio na njegov krevet. Uzeo ga je sa Stredleterove komode da bi ga bacio na njegov krevet. | I told him it was Stradlater's. So he chucked it on Stradlater's bed. He got it off Stradlater's chiffonier, so he chucked it on the bed. |
| Onda je prišao i seo na naslon Stredleterove fotelje. On nikada nije sedao u fotelju, isključivo na naslon. "Gde si, kog đavola, pokupio tu kapu?" rekao je. | He came over and sat down on the arm of Stradlater's chair. He never sat down in a chair. Just always on the arm. "Where the hellja get that hat?" he said. |
| "U Njujorku." | "New York." |
| "Pošto?" | "How much?" |
| "Dolar." | "A buck." |
| "Opljačkali su te." Onda je počeo da krajem šibice čisti proklete nokte. Večito je čistio nokte. To je bilo komično, u neku ruku. Zubi su mu uvek bili kao obrasli žabokrečinom, a uši odvratno prljave, ali je on večito čistio nokte. | "You got robbed." He started cleaning his goddam fingernails with the end of a match. He was always cleaning his fingernails. It was funny, in a way. His teeth were always mossy-looking, and his ears were always dirty as hell, but he was always cleaning his fingernails. |
| Valjda je mislio da je zato neviđeno čist i uredan lik. Ponovo se zagledao u moju kapu dok je čistio nokte. "U mom kraju nosili smo takve kape za ubijanje jelena, čoveče", rekao je. "To je kapa za ubijanje jelena." | I guess he thought that made him a very neat guy. He took another look at my hat while he was cleaning them. "Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake," he said. "That's a deer shooting hat." |
| "Kad bi se zezali", rekoh. Skinuo sam je i pogledao. Škiljio sam na jedno oko, kao da nišanim u nju. "Ovo je kapa za ubijanje ljudi", rekoh. "Ja u ovoj kapi pucam na ljude." | "Like hell it is." I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. "This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat." |
| "Znaju li tvoji da si izbačen?" | "Your folks know you got kicked out yet?" |
| "Ne." | "Nope." |
| "Gde je, kog đavola, taj Stredleter, a?" | "Where the hell's Stradlater at, anyway?" |
| "Dole je na utakmici. Poveo je neku ribu." Zevnuo sam. Razbijao sam se od zevanja. U sobi je bilo pakleno vruće. Samo ti se spavalo. U Pensiju se čovek ili smrzavao do smrti ili je umirao od vrućine. | "Down at the game. He's got a date." I yawned. I was yawning all over the place. For one thing, the room was too damn hot. It made you sleepy. At Pencey, you either froze to death or died of the heat. |
| "Čuveni Stredleter", reče Ekli. "Ej. Daj mi časkom makazice, hoćeš? Jesu li ti pri ruci?" | "The great Stradlater," Ackley said. "―Hey. Lend me your scissors a second, willya? Ya got 'em handy?" |
| "Ne, već sam ih spakovao. Skroz su tamo gore, u plakaru." | "No. I packed them already. They're way in the top of the closet." |
| "Izvadi ih časkom, hoćeš?" reče Ekli. "Samo da odsečem ovu zanokticu." | "Get 'em a second, willya?" Ackley said, "I got this hangnail I want to cut off." |
| Uopšte ga nije brinulo da li si nešto spakovao i ostavio skroz gore u plakaru. Ipak sam mu ih dao. Zamalo da poginem usput. U trenutku kad sam otvorio plakar, Stredleterov teniski reket - u drvenoj kutiji i sve - pao mi je pravo na glavu. | He didn't care if you'd packed something or not and had it way in the top of the closet. I got them for him though. I nearly got killed doing it, too. The second I opened the closet door, Stradlater's tennis racket―in its wooden press and all―fell right on my head. |
| Baš je puklo i gadno me zabolelo. Stari Ekli samo što nije pao mrtav. Počeo je da se smeje kao lud, nekim visokim falsetom. Cerekao se čitavo vreme dok sam skidao kofer i vadio makazice za njega. Na tako neku stvar - kad čoveku padne stena na glavu ili nešto - Ekliju bi i gaće spale od smeha. | It made a big clunk, and it hurt like hell. It damn near killed old Ackley, though. He started laughing in this very high falsetto voice. He kept laughing the whole time I was taking down my suitcase and getting the scissors out for him. Something like that―a guy getting hit on the head with a rock or something―tickled the pants off Ackley. |
| "Imaš neviđen smisao za humor, Ekli sinko", rekoh. "Jesi li svestan toga?" Pružio sam mu makazice. "Daj da ti budem menadžer. Ubaciću te na prokleti radio." Seo sam opet u fotelju, a on počeo da seče svoje ogromne rožnate nokte. | "You have a damn good sense of humor, Ackley kid," I told him. "You know that?" I handed him the scissors. "Lemme be your manager. I'll get you on the goddam radio." I sat down in my chair again, and he started cutting his big horny-looking nails. |
| "Zašto ne upotrebiš sto ili nešto?" rekoh mu. "Seci ih nad stolom, hoćeš? Nisam baš raspoložen da noćas gazim bos po tvojim kretenskim noktima." On je svejedno nastavio da ih seče na pod. Kakvi bizgovski maniri. Najozbiljnije. | "How 'bout using the table or something?" I said. "Cut 'em over the table, willya? I don't feel like walking on your crumby nails in my bare feet tonight." He kept right on cutting them over the floor, though. What lousy manners. I mean it. |
| "Ko je ta Stredleterova riba?" rekao je. Večito je vodio statistiku s kim Stredleter izlazi, iako ga je toliko mrzeo. | "Who's Stradlater's date?" he said. He was always keeping tabs on who Stradlater was dating, even though he hated Stradlater's guts. |
| "Ne znam. Zašto?" | "I don't know. Why?" |
| "Onako. Čoveče, baš ne podnosim tog kretena. Nikad nisam podnosio tog kretena." | "No reason. Boy, I can't stand that sonuvabitch. He's one sonuvabitch I really can't stand." |
| "On luduje za tobom. Izjavio je da si pravi pravcati princ", rekoh. Prilično često govorim ljudima da su prinčevi. To me kao spašava od dosade, šta li. | "He's crazy about you. He told me he thinks you're a goddam prince," I said. I call people a "prince" quite often when I'm horsing around. It keeps me from getting bored or something. |
| "Uvek se drži nekako superiorno", reče Ekli. "Baš ne podnosim tog kretena. Čovek bi pomislio da je..." | "He's got this superior attitude all the time," Ackley said. "I just can't stand the sonuvabitch. You'd think he―" |
| "Ej, da li bi hteo da sečeš nokte nad stolom?" rekoh. "Već pedeset puta sam ti..." | "Do you mind cutting your nails over the table, hey?" I said. "I've asked you about fifty―" |
| "Uvek se drži nekako prokleto superiorno", reče Ekli. "Ne verujem da taj kreten ima mozga u glavi. On samo misli da ga ima. Misli da je neki naj..." | "He's got this goddam superior attitude all the time," Ackley said. "I don't even think the sonuvabitch is intelligent. He thinks he is. He thinks he's about the most―" |
| "Ekli! Hoćeš li, molim te, da sečeš proklete nokte nad stolom? Pedeset puta sam ti rekao." | "Ackley! For Chrissake. Willya please cut your crumby nails over the table? I've asked you fifty times." |
| Počeo je da seče nokte iznad stola, za promenu. Jedini način da ga nateraš da uradi nešto bio je da drekneš na njega. | He started cutting his nails over the table, for a change. The only way he ever did anything was if you yelled at him. |
| Posmatrao sam ga neko vreme. Onda sam mu rekao: "Besan si na Stredletera zato što je rekao ono o pranju tvojih zuba. | I watched him for a while. Then I said, "The reason you're sore at Stradlater is because he said that stuff about brushing your teeth once in a while. |
| Ali nije hteo da te uvredi. Možda to nije rekao kako treba ili nešto, ali nije mislio ništa uvredljivo. Mislio je samo kako bi ti bolje izgledao i bolje se osećao kad bi recimo oprao zube ponekad." | He didn't mean to insult you, for cryin' out loud. He didn't say it right or anything, but he didn't mean anything insulting. All he meant was you'd look better and feel better if you sort of brushed your teeth once in a while." |
| "Perem ja zube. Mani se ti toga." | "I brush my teeth. Don't gimme that." |
| "Ne, ne pereš. Lepo sam video da ne pereš", rekoh. Ali nisam to rekao zlobno. Bilo mi ga je nekako žao. Mislim, nije baš prijamo kad ti neko kaže da ne pereš zube. "Stredleter je u pravu. Nije on tako loš", rekoh. "Ti ga ne poznaješ, u tome je problem." | "No, you don't. I've seen you, and you don't," I said. I didn't say it nasty, though. I felt sort of sorry for him, in a way. I mean it isn't too nice, naturally, if somebody tells you you don't brush your teeth. "Stradlater's all right He's not too bad," I said. "You don't know him, that's the trouble." |
| "Svejedno mislim da je kreten. Umišljeni kreten, to je on." | "I still say he's a sonuvabitch. He's a conceited sonuvabitch." |
| "Jeste umišljen, ali ume da bude velikodušan u nekim stvarima. Najozbiljnije", rekoh. "Vidi. Uzmimo, na primer, da Stredleter nosi kravatu ili nešto što se tebi sviđa. Recimo da ima kravatu koja se tebi užasno sviđa - dajem ti samo primer, razumeš? Znaš li šta bi on uradio? | "He's conceited, but he's very generous in some things. He really is," I said. "Look. Suppose, for instance, Stradlater was wearing a tie or something that you liked. Say he had a tie on that you liked a helluva lot―I'm just giving you an example, now. You know what he'd do? |
| Verovatno bi je skinuo i dao ti je. Ozbiljno bi to uradio. Ili - znaš šta bi uradio? Ostavio bi je na tvom krevetu ili negde. Ali dao bi ti prokletu kravatu. Većina drugih verovatno bi samo..." | He'd probably take it off and give it to you. He really would. Or―you know what he'd do? He'd leave it on your bed or something. But he'd give you the goddam tie. Most guys would probably just―" |
| "Pa šta", reče Ekli. "Da ja imam njegove pare, i ja bih." | "Hell," Ackley said. "If I had his dough, I would, too." |
| "Ne, ne bi." Odmahnuo sam glavom. "Ne, ne bi, Ekli-sinko. Da ti imaš njegove pare, bio bi jedan od najvećih..." | "No, you wouldn't." I shook my head. "No, you wouldn't, Ackley kid. If you had his dough, you'd be one of the biggest―" |
| "Ne zovi me 'Ekli-sinko'. Mogu prokleti otac da ti budem." | "Stop calling me 'Ackley kid,' God damn it. I'm old enough to be your lousy father." |
| "Ne, ne možeš." Ljudi moji, baš je bio naporan ponekad. Nikad ne bi propustio priliku da te obavesti kako ti imaš šesnaest a on osamnaest godina. "Kao prvo, ne bih te primio u svoju porodicu", rekoh. | "No, you're not." Boy, he could really be aggravating sometimes. He never missed a chance to let you know you were sixteen and he was eighteen. "In the first place, I wouldn't let you in my goddam family," I said. |
| "Dobro, samo prestani da me zoveš..." Najednom su se otvorila vrata i upao je stari Stredleter, u velikoj žurbi. Uvek je bio u nekoj žurbi. Sve je bilo užasno važno. | "Well, just cut out calling me―" All of a sudden the door opened, and old Stradlater barged in, in a big hurry. He was always in a big hurry. Everything was a very big deal. |
| Prišao mi je i prilepio mi dva nazovi-šaljiva šamara - što stvarno može da iznervira ponekad. "Slušaj", rekao je. "Izlaziš li negde posebno večeras?" | He came over to me and gave me these two playful as hell slaps on both cheeks―which is something that can be very annoying. "Listen," he said. "You going out anywheres special tonight?" |
| "Ne znam. Možda. Šta se, kog đavola, dešava napolju - pada sneg?" Imao je snega po čitavom kaputu. | "I don't know. I might. What the hell's it doing out―snowing?" He had snow all over his coat. |
| "Aha. Slušaj. Ako nigde posebno ne izlaziš večeras, da li bi mi pozajmio onaj tvoj karirani sako?" | "Yeah. Listen. If you're not going out anyplace special, how 'bout lending me your hound's-tooth jacket?" |
| "Ko je pobedio?" upitah. | "Who won the game?" I said. |
| "Tek je poluvreme. Mi odlazimo", reče Stredleter. "Bez zezanja, hoćeš li da nosiš taj sako večeras ili nećeš? Prosuo sam neko sranje po mom sivom flanelskom." | "It's only the half. We're leaving," Stradlater said. "No kidding, you gonna use your hound's-tooth tonight or not? I spilled some crap all over my gray flannel." |
| "Ne, ali neću da ga razvučeš tim tvojim ramenima", rekoh. Bili smo otprilike iste visine, ali je on bio dvaput teži od mene, onako kao razbacan u ramenima. | "No, but I don't want you stretching it with your goddam shoulders and all," I said. We were practically the same heighth, but he weighed about twice as much as I did. He had these very broad shoulders. |
| "Neću da ga razvučeni." Prišao je plakaru, u velikoj žurbi. "Kako si, Ekli?" rekao je Ekliju. Ako ništa drugo, bio je prilično ljubazan tip, Stredleter. Bila je to delimično lažna ljubaznost, ali bar je uvek pozdravljao Eklija i sve. | "I won't stretch it." He went over to the closet in a big hurry. "How'sa boy, Ackley?" he said to Ackley. He was at least a pretty friendly guy, Stradlater. It was partly a phony kind of friendly, but at least he always said hello to Ackley and all. |
| Ekli je samo nešto promumlao kad mu je Stredleter rekao "Kako si?" Nije hteo da mu odgovori, ali nije imao petlje da ništa ne promumla. Onda mi je rekao: "Idem ja sad. Vidimo se." | Ackley just sort of grunted when he said "How'sa boy?" He wouldn't answer him, but he didn't have guts enough not to at least grunt. Then he said to me, "I think I'll get going. See ya later." |
| "Važi", rekoh. Ne može se reći da je ikad slomio nečije srce odlaskom u svoju sobu. | "Okay," I said. He never exactly broke your heart when he went back to his own room. |
| Stredleter je počeo da skida kaput, kravatu i ostalo. "Mislim da bih mogao da se obrijem na brzinu", rekao je. Imao je prilično jaku bradu, nema šta. | Old Stradlater started taking off his coat and tie and all. "I think maybe I'll take a fast shave," he said. He had a pretty heavy beard. He really did. |
| "Gde ti je riba?" upitah. | "Where's your date?" I asked him. |
| "Čeka me u aneksu." Onda je izašao je iz sobe, s toaletnim priborom i peškirom ispod miške. Onako bez košulje ili nečega. Večito je šetao naokolo pokazujući svoj goli torzo, jer je mislio da je bogovski građen. I jeste, moram da priznam. | "She's waiting in the Annex." He went out of the room with his toilet kit and towel under his arm. No shirt on or anything. He always walked around in his bare torso because he thought he had a damn good build. He did, too. I have to admit it. |