GR translation: reaching as far as they can

[Mike Jing]

Right, whatever they are reaching for, it's happening metaphorically.

Thanks for the reply, David.


On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 1:19 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> To “reach” someone almost NEVER literally means to do so with one’s arms.
>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 12:49 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V134.24-27, P136.39-40   Eia—strange thousand-year sigh—eia, wärn wir da!
>> were we but there. . . . The tired men and their black bellwether reaching
>> as far as they can, as far from their sheeps’ clothing as the year will
>> let
>> them stray.
>>
>> The published translation took the "reaching" literally, as in reaching
>> out
>> with their arms. That can't be the intended meaning here, right?
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