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Gunn, Thom: Csoki, az elektromos Rembrandt (Blackie, the Electric Rembrandt in Hungarian)

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Portre of Tellér Gyula

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Blackie, the Electric Rembrandt (English)

We watch through the shop-front while
Blackie draws stars - an equal

concentration on his and
the youngster's faces. The hand

is steady and accurate;
but the boy does not see it

for his eyes follow the point
that touches (quick, dark movement!)

a virginal arm beneath
his rolled sleeve: he holds his breath.

...Now that it is finished, he
hands a few bills to Blackie

and leaves with a bandage on
his arm, under which gleam ten

stars, hanging in a blue thick
cluster. Now he is starlike.



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Csoki, az elektromos Rembrandt (Hungarian)

Az üzletbe lesünk, hol
Csoki csillagot rajzol,

feszültséggel van tele
mindkét arc. Csoki keze

szilárd, sose véti el;
de a fiú mást figyel

a tű hegyét nézi, mi
gyorsan, feketén böki

a felcsavart ingujjban
szűz karját; nem is szusszan...

...S most végre kész. Odaad
pár bankjegyet Csokinak,

s bepólyált karral kilép
az üzletből, karján kék

nagy csomóban égve függ
tíz csillag. Most egy velük.



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Source of the quotationT. Gy.

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