Re: GR translation: With spring so many strangers’ lives away,

[Mike Weaver]

It's wartime. Many strangers will die before spring arrives.

On 04/11/2025 12:31, Mike Jing wrote:
> V627.9-13, P639.24-28
> I dream that I have found us both again,
> With spring so many strangers’ lives away,
> And we, so free,
> Out walking by the sea,
> With someone else’s paper words to say. . . .
>
> What does "With spring so many strangers’ lives away" mean here?
>
> The published translation interpreted it as "many strangers died during
> spring", which doesn't seem right to me.
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