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lines & loss

English translation: wrinkles and loss of something or someone

20:36 Mar 10, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: lines & loss
from a Palestinian poem :

a woman sleepwalking into her life
agony filling hands with lines & loss,
nordiste
France
Local time: 19:40
Selected answer:wrinkles and loss of something or someone
Explanation:
A metaphor. 'Lines' here meaning wrinkles that appear after stress/suffering, and 'loss' alludes to the woman having lost something or someone (loved ones, etc).
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 13:40
Grading comment
Thank you all for your comments.
There are poets on ProZ ;-o)
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4 +5wrinkles and loss of something or someone
Mark Berelekhis


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
wrinkles and loss of something or someone


Explanation:
A metaphor. 'Lines' here meaning wrinkles that appear after stress/suffering, and 'loss' alludes to the woman having lost something or someone (loved ones, etc).

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 13:40
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 206
Grading comment
Thank you all for your comments.
There are poets on ProZ ;-o)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Barnett
37 mins
  -> Thank you, Michael.
agree  Gary D: it is the look of her hands after stress. I like the sleep walking part as well, as this is what she looks like, walking through life as though she is in a trance,
55 mins
  -> Thank you, Gary. I like the image and the metaphor myself.
agree  PoveyTrans (X): you have a way with words, you should be a poet ;-)
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Simon.
agree  Vicky Nash
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Vicky.
agree  V_Nedkov
7 days
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