en_tn/ecc/12/04.md

# General Information:

The writer continues his metaphor. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the doors are shut in the street

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "people shut the doors that lead to the street" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# when men are startled at the voice of a bird

It is implied that the voice of the birds startle the men awake. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "when the voice of a bird startles men awake" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the singing of girls' voices fades away

Here "girls" may be a metaphor for the birds. Alternate translation: "the songs of the birds fade away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])