Traducing Dylan Thomas

[jsburbidge]

 The Guardian has the following headline about the Trumpist March in Washington: "Million Maga March: Trump fans rage against dying of the light".

I must register my firm disapprobation of the use of the phrase "dying of the light" here. GRRM's use in a title is passable, but applying Thomas' poem about death to the winding down of a presidential term is just not acceptable.

Comments

[dewline]

Agreed. The better metaphor here might be spring in the Arctic regions of our planet: a return of the light, if you will.

[ndrosen]

Besides, “dying of the darkness” might be more appropriate.