Nedosegnuta Itaka: pesma Povratak Velimira Lukića

Abstract

Sećajući se priče o Odiseju i Kalipsi, videći njihove živote kao strasne i ispunjene, pesnik se preispituje o smislu svoga, traga za vlastitom Itakom. Dvanaest godina kasnije, u pesmi Zapis, Velimir Lukić je, možda, taj smisao pronašao. I svoj pesimizam nekim svetlom ipak obasjao.

Like many writers before him, Velimir Lukić (1936-1997) is inspired by the character and destiny of Odysseus. In his poem Povratak (Return), Lukić recalls the passionate love and accomplished life of Ithacans and the nymph Calypso. The pensive poet wonders about the meaning of his own life and longs for his own Ithaca. The hope that he might have found them appears in the poem Zapis (Record) from Lukic's last collection. It is not complete tranquility, as uneasiness and quiver are still there, but so is the meaning both poetic and human.