GR translation: ride him a green-doped and silent hound

[David Morris]

The text clearly says this riding is a hunt, so "b" is the root of its
meaning.  But to "ride" someone has a common meaning of harassing them,
pursuing them in an aggressive manner.

David Morris

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That's not so easy Mike; I think it's neither. I need some time
> (translating against the clock).
>
>
>
> 2016-03-21 19:07 GMT+01:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
>
>> b
>>
>>
>> On Monday, March 21, 2016, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What's the meaning of "ride" then?  Maybe:
>>>
>>> 9. trans.
>>> a. To cut (an animal) off from or out of the herd by skilful riding. Now
>>> rare.
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> b. To hunt (an animal) on horseback. Now rare.
>>>
>>> or is it something else?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I read it as a metaphor for the personal Rocket, and doped is from the
>>>> 2nd meaning of the verb:
>>>>
>>>> (2 smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid: she doped the
>>>> surface with photographic emulsion.)
>>>>
>>>> 2016-03-21 8:13 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> V727.15-22, P741.31-38   But these heretics will be sought and the
>>>>> dominion of silence will enlarge as each one goes down . . . they will all
>>>>> be sought out. Each will have his personal Rocket. Stored in its
>>>>> target-seeker will be the heretic’s EEG, the spikes and susurrations of
>>>>> heartbeat, the ghost-blossomings of personal infrared, each Rocket will
>>>>> know its intended and hunt him, ride him a green-doped and silent hound,
>>>>> through our World, shining and pointed in the sky at his back, his guardian
>>>>> executioner rushing in, rushing closer . . . .
>>>>>
>>>>> What does "ride him a green-doped and silent hound" mean?  What is
>>>>> "green-doped"?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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