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      Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczA Portrait Companytłum. Jarek Zawadzki

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      Today or tomorrow
      On a claret paper clean and smug,
      I have to get it done
      With your sucker's mug.
      5
      What a filthy trade it is to paint.
      What a filthy, filthy trade,
      To limn each puss with no complaint,
      And only to be poorly paid.
      It's no great fun, I say,
      10
      To paint a janitor all day,
      And for some bread
      Explore the stupid head[1]

      Przypisy

      [1]

      This stanza is originally in French: Quel sâle métier que la peinture./ Quel sâle, quel sâle métier./ On peint chaque geule sans murmure,/ Pour avoir un peu de la monnaie./ [przypis redakcyjny]