We can only imagine the fallen angels with a kind of dim uncertainty just as the belated peasant sees, or perhaps he only dreams he sees, the dance of fairy elves by a forest side.

我们只能想象出堕落的天使们带着暗淡的变幻的光,正如他见到的，又或者是他梦见的，林边跳舞的精灵们。

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This is the simile of the belated peasant that Hartman describes.

这是关于哈特曼描述的迟来的农夫。

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