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Collins, Billy: Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house

Portre of Collins, Billy

Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house (English)

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.



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Még egy ok, hogy ne tartsak lőfegyvert a házban (Hungarian)

A szomszéd kutyája nem áll meg ugatni.
Ugyanazzal a magas, ütemes ugatással ugat,
amit akkor ugat mindig, amikor elmennek otthonról.
Azt hiszem bekapcsolják amikor mennek kifele.

A szomszéd kutyája nem áll meg ugatni.
Becsukom az összes ablakot a házon
és ráteszek egy Beethoven szimfóniát leghangosabban,
de úgy is hallom a zene alá fojtva
ugatni, ugatni, ugatni,

és most látom is a zenekarban ülve,
büszkén felemelt fejjel mintha Beethoven
beleírt volna egy részt egy ugató kutyának.

Mikor a lemeznek végre vége, még mindig ugat,
ott ülve az oboák között ugatva,
a karvezetőre meredve mozdulatlan szemmel,
aki beinti a pálcájával,

amíg a többi muzsikus tiszteletteljesen hallgat
csendben a híres ugató kutya szólóra,
arra a végtelen fugára, ami megalapította
Beethovent mint egy újító zsenit.



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