GR translation: who was crossing the great Rio forever

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for the reply. That was suggested by David Morris as well. Very
interesting.


On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 12:06 AM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is the Rio a stand-in for the Styx?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 5, 2022, at 2:40 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > The published translation is something like this:
> >
> > At the time, the dealer was going to cross the Rio Grande, into the
> > wasteland of Mexico, and never to return.
> >
> > So the interpretation is that he was crossing the river for good, but I
> > don't think that's the same as "crossing the river forever".
> >
> >
> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 4:30 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't think so but......
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 11:09 AM Mike Jing <
> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The published translation interpreted "forever" as "for good", but I
> >>> don't think it's the same thing, is it?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 4:53 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Right or wrong, I have always read this line as about an archetypal
> faro
> >>>> dealer....unlike
> >>>> Whappo and Crutchfield he has no name, he is a constant type and his
> >>>> type is one who
> >>>> is always, has always, crossed the great Rio over and over. Forever.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 12:24 AM Mike Jing <
> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> V69.10-13, P70.28-31   Whappo is wearing chaps of imported gazelle
> hide
> >>>>> that Crutchfield bought for him in Eagle Pass from a faro dealer
> with a
> >>>>> laudanum habit who was crossing the great Rio forever, into the blank
> >>>>> furnace of the wild Mexico.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What does it mean for the faro dealer to be "crossing the great Rio
> >>>>> forever"? Did he actually cross it, or was he forever in the process
> of
> >>>>> crossing it?
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> >>>>>
> >>>>
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