| Thank you for this translation | ' Instead of I hug myself? Yes exactly as you understood it Hmmm for the second question, technically yes he means he hug her but as he is looking in the mirror he will be looking at himself so he hugs himself imagining he hugs her |
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| In that case, should the first opening stanzas be 'I hug you, love you, and tell you what happened to me? I note you say your translation is not literal |