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[Henryk Baran]

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Henryk Baran

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On Feb 27, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Hugh McLean <hmclean at BERKELEY.EDU> wrote:

> Bezzashchitno is adverbial--defenselessly red. And 'dear' sounds odd, perhaps could be read to mean 'expensive'. How about 'sweet' or 'beloved'?
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> This is from his
>> 
>> ВОЗЗВАНИЕ ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЕЙ ЗЕМНОГО ШАРА
>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>> we reject the lords
>> 
>> who call themselves rulers,
>> 
>> states, publishing houses
>> 
>> and trading companies of ‘War and Co’
>> 
>> who have applied the mills of a dear prosperity
>> 
>> to what is now a three-year waterfall
>> 
>> of your beer and our blood
>> 
>> with a defenceless red wave.
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> I'll be grateful for help!
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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