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Tóth Árpád: Poor actor (Ripacs in English)

Portre of Tóth Árpád

Ripacs (Hungarian)

Csak a bukás várt, látom magam is.
Elméláztam a fák közt: Ó, szelíd,
Örök kulisszák! - s mikor tüzeit
Rámköpte a reflektor: "most!" - hamis
 
Gesztussal rángtam, rossz, ijedt szinész -
Egy percem lett vón: megmutatni a
Fenségeset. Az Istent. S már tova
Fordult a fény. És ennyi az egész.
 
Ó, hol a szenvedély, amit csak én
Tudtam? Az égre nézek: rég halott
Csillagok özvegy fénye nyargal ott.
Reménytelen minek ágálok én?
 
Az előadásnak rég vége van.
Jobb lesz: lemosom az élet silány
Festékeit magamról. Halavány,
De igaz arcom bocsásd meg, Uram!
 



Uploaded byLeslie A. Kery
Source of the quotationmek.oszk.hu

Poor actor (English)

Failure awaited, that I, too, could tell.
I, lost in thought among the trees: that lot
of gentle, timeless props! And when the spot
had spat its light and signalled: "now!", I fell
 
About, making false gestures, twitched with fright -
Merely a minute to act and to show
Majesty, Godhead, then off went the glow:
That spot, and with it my time in the light.
 
Oh, where's all the passion that only I
Knew, I look to the skies: the widowed light
Of long-dead stars is rushing through the night.
Hopeless the gesturing, why do it, why?
 
The show has ended and it's time to give
Myself a wash, to cleanse, the time is rife
To shed the make-up, trashy paints of life.
My wan, but true face, Lord of mine, forgive



Uploaded byLeslie A. Kery
Source of the quotationmek,oszk,hu

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