Не нам ли, молодой Спарте героической эпохи, принадлежит право первыми услышать

English translation: Don't we, the young Sparta of the heroic age/era, have the right...

10:12 Feb 15, 2007

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Russian term or phrase: Не нам ли, молодой Спарте героической эпохи, принадлежит право первыми услышать

Anybody can help me to understand this elaborated sentence??

this is the context:
«Не нам ли, молодой Спарте героической эпохи, принадлежит право первыми услышать «подземное пламя», опалившее лицо Данту?»- вопрошал Николай Зарудин, поэт, прозаик и публицист, стремившийся совместить верность факту и романтическую окрыленность.

I suppose that:
Молодая Спарта героической эпохи – Советская Россия
«подземное пламя», опалившее лицо Данте Алигьери – пламя ада («Божественная комедия»).
Am I right???

Ogromnoe zaranee spasibo!

marta-ingrid KudoZ activity Questions: 72 (none open) Answers: 0
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English translation:Don't we, the young Sparta of the heroic age/era, have the right...

Explanation:
Don't we, the young Sparta of the heroic era/age, have the right to be the first to understand the "hell fires" that scorched Dante's face

This is more or less what I would probably say. I find "heroic age/era" sounds a little clumsy...

I don't see any particular reason to interpret the reference, or at least to translate interpretations, but perhaps I am missing something in the Russian...

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Don't we, the young Sparta of the heroic age/era, have the right...

Henry Schroeder

Yes, you are correct

salavat

3 +1

We are the youth, in the age of heroes do we live. Akin to the fearless warriors of the ancient

Max Masutin

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Don't we, the young Sparta of the heroic age/era, have the right...

Henry Schroeder
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Yes, you are correct

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-15 11:30:34 GMT)
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But there will be mistake to write literally "the hell-fire" . Зарудин alludes to it, saying something about diggers of Moscow Metro or coal miners. Alas I coudn`t get the full source of this passage , but it is clear enough whom challenge Зарудин and by which circumstanses.

salavat
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We are the youth, in the age of heroes do we live. Akin to the fearless warriors of the ancient

Explanation:
Sparta, ours is the right to be the first to reach and brave the flames that dwell in the nether world and once blazed up in Dante's face

Max Masutin
Ukraine
Local time: 00:19
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Не нам ли, молодой Спарте героической эпохи, принадлежит право первыми услышать

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