GR translation: into the rests of the folksong Death

[Jochen Stremmel]

I believe the "folksong" is only there to characterize Death.

2016-02-02 15:07 GMT+01:00 Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>:

> "Folksong" ... Musical rests, the silences between?
> On Feb 2, 2016 8:26 AM, "Mike Jing" <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> V720.23-34, P734.37-735.7   So we, the crippled keepers, were sent out to
>> multiply, to have dominion. God’s spoilers. Us. Counter-revolutionaries. It
>> is our mission to promote death. The way we kill, the way we die, being
>> unique among the Creatures. It was something we had to work on,
>> historically and personally. To build from scratch up to its present status
>> as reaction, nearly as strong as life, holding down the green uprising. But
>> only nearly as strong.
>>        Only nearly, because of the defection rate. A few keep going over
>> to the Titans every day, in their striving subcreation (how can flesh
>> tumble and flow so, and never be any less beautiful?), into the rests of
>> the folksong Death (empty stone rooms), out, and through, and down under
>> the net, down down to the uprising.
>>
>> Is this what "rests" mean here?
>>
>> *b.* A remnant, a remaining part or fragment. Usu. in *pl.* Now *rare*.
>>
>>
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