NPPF: Canto Three: more odds and ends

James Kyllo jkyllo at clara.net
Mon Aug 4 18:01:12 CDT 2003



line 580 "impenetrable haze"  a Lolita reference?

line 616 "nebulae dilating"  that'll be that "dilating star" back at line
432

line 625 "Grabermann" Grab = grave in German

line 642 "all is allowed" more comonly translated (in my experience)
"everything is permitted"

line 681 "shahs married" It's 1959.  The Shah of Iran married Farah Diba on
21st December.  Don't know where he gets the plural from though


best

James




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