Somewhere down in the murk a lot of old people and asthmatics were dying .

在这些黑暗中的某些地方，一些老人和气喘病患者正奄奄一息。

But the polls have at least allowed a tiny flicker of pluralist light into the murk of burmese totalitarianism .

但是本次投票至少使得多元论的一小点光芒挤进了缅甸极权主义的黑暗统治中。