Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.

破晓时分，大海平静下来，但寒冷依然。

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After the parties end in Pristina, the capital, the cold reality of going it alone will dawn on the new country.

在首府普里什蒂纳聚会结束之后，这个新的国家将面临独自上路的冰冷现实。

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He was icy cold. A wind which was chill like the breeze of dawn was rattling the leaves of the window, which had been left open on their hinges.

一阵和晨风一样冷的风把窗板吹得在开着的窗门臼里直转。

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The poem identifies also cold and passion with dawn the moment of awakening, which is also a moment of coming into reality from dream and sleep.

诗歌还将黎明的寒冷与激情,比作一种觉醒时刻,从睡梦和幻想回到现实的时刻。

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