GR translation: the inward sting of current

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, David.

The published translation somehow thinks it's the ocean current, which
doesn't make sense to me.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 10:05 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems so.
>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 9:46 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V134.10-13, P136.24-27   desolate as the beaches beneath the nacre fog,
>> whose barbed wire that never knew the inward sting of current, that only
>> lay passive, oxidizing in the night, now weaves like underwater grass,
>> looped, bitter cold, sharp as the scorpion,
>>
>> Here the word "current" refers to an electric current, is that correct?
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