translation question

[Harris, Adrienne M.]

Дорогие Seelangцы,

I've been struggling with a translation, so I thought I'd turn to the experts for help:

>From a Iuliia Drunina poem: Вили молнии.  Тучи вились

Lightning struck?  Lightening was striking (to connote the plurality? And wouldn't lightening usually ударяет? "Beating down," perhaps?  and storm clouds were evasive),

And then there's the second phrase...storm clouds meandered?  Were evasive?  Neither of those variants sounds right, so I would be grateful for any guidance!

Thank you, Adrienne


Adrienne M. Harris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian
Modern Foreign Languages
Baylor University

One Bear Place #97391
Waco, TX 76798-7391
(254) 644-5718
Adrienne_Harris at baylor.edu





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