Bube i jantar - prilaznost i traj: Marcijal i Dobriša Cesarić

Abstract

U svoja dva epigrama (IV 32 i VIIS) rimski pesnik Marko Valerije Marcijal (između 40. i 104. g. n. e.) govori o pčeli, odnosno mravu koje jantar ovekovečuje. Tom smrću pčela stiče nagradu za svoj mar i trud, a mravlji neugledan život tako zablista. Dobriša Cesarić (1902-1980) u Bubici (Pjesme, Zagreb 1951.) izjednačuje jantar i svoju pesmu, koja takođe čuva spomen na "stvorenjce malo", ali i relativizuje poetsko stvaranje i fikciju. U tom duhu je i autoironični katren Kad bi bar Ćilibar Gordana Maričića, kojim se zaokružuje ovaj mali motivski srodan kvartet pesama.

In two of his epigrams (IV 32 and VIIS), Marcus Valerius Martial (ca. 40-104AD) speaks of a bee and an ant perpetuated by amber. With this death, the bee acquires an award for its diligence and effort, while the unsightly life of the ant thus shines out. In his "Tiny Bug" ("Poems", Zagreb, 1951), Dobriša Cesarić (1902-1980) equates amber and his poem, which also preserves the memory of the "little creature", yet relativizing poetic creation and fiction. Provided that Cesarić read Martial, this creates a literary dialogue between the two poets. It is also possible that the Croatian poet was inspired by some piece of jewelry made of amber or that he saw bugs in it. However, the author of the paper believes that Cesarić read Martial's epigrams. Therefore, with his own auto-ironic quatrain "If Only Amber Would" and its motif, Gordan Maričić joins the poetic duet.