Khlebnikov

[Hugh McLean]

Bezzashchitno is adverbial--defenselessly red. And 'dear' sounds odd, 
perhaps could be read to mean 'expensive'. How about 'sweet' or 'beloved'?
> Dear all,
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> This is from his
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> ВОЗЗВАНИЕ ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЕЙ ЗЕМНОГО ШАРА
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> То мы отрицаем господ,
> Именующих себя правителями,
> Государствами и другими книгоиздательствами,
> И торговыми домами «Война и Кo»,
> Приставившими мельницы милого благополучия
> К уже трехлетнему водопаду
> Вашего пива и нашей крови
> С беззащитно красной волной.
>
> Have I translated it correctly?
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> we reject the lords
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> who call themselves rulers,
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> states, publishing houses
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> and trading companies of ‘War and Co’
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> who have applied the mills of a dear prosperity
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> to what is now a three-year waterfall
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> of your beer and our blood
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> with a defenceless red wave.
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> The word I am most unsure of are "Приставившими".  I wonder if it might mean "placed the mills... UNDER a ...waterfall. I also don't understand the relation of the last line to everything that has gone before.
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> I'll be grateful for help!
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> Robert
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> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
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