The second brought to mind some of Homer's Adirondack watercolors. Hunters would beat drums to drive deer towards a nearby pond or river. The deer would leap into the water and swim for their lives. Canoes had been placed in advance on the shore by the hunters, for the purpose of pursuit. They slid them into the water and rowed, & when they caught up with a fleeing deer, would bash its head with an oar and kill it. Rather grisly to say the least. That's my memory anyway of how deer-hunting was done in The Adirondacks back then(19th cent.)
Very adept translations of an unjustly reviled poet who I think is finally coming into his proper place
The second brought to mind some of Homer's Adirondack watercolors. Hunters would beat drums to drive deer towards a nearby pond or river. The deer would leap into the water and swim for their lives. Canoes had been placed in advance on the shore by the hunters, for the purpose of pursuit. They slid them into the water and rowed, & when they caught up with a fleeing deer, would bash its head with an oar and kill it. Rather grisly to say the least. That's my memory anyway of how deer-hunting was done in The Adirondacks back then(19th cent.)
In your translation of 'Un Recordo', in line 6, 'drew' is simply not the right word; 'raised' would be much better. 'Drew' is far too passive.
Agreed. Particularly as it won’t throw the meter off.