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The spark/flame imagery reminds me also of Alter's translation of Song of Solomon 8:6:
For strong as death is love,
fierce as Sheol is jealousy.
Its sparks are fiery sparks,
a fearsome flame.
A lot of his poetry and prose has been translated into Belarusian -- not only Russian. His writing reflects a lot of Jewish Belarusian reality of those times.
The spark/flame imagery reminds me also of Alter's translation of Song of Solomon 8:6:
For strong as death is love,
fierce as Sheol is jealousy.
Its sparks are fiery sparks,
a fearsome flame.
A lot of his poetry and prose has been translated into Belarusian -- not only Russian. His writing reflects a lot of Jewish Belarusian reality of those times.