GR translation: freak saffrons, streaming indigos

[Mike Jing]

The published translation treated them as saffron and indigo plants, not
tulips.

Thanks for the reply, David and Mark.


On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 6:53 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> They are primarily the names of colors.  But (it seems) also the names of
> tulip varieties.
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 3:13 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V109.9-12, P111.8-12   Usually, he hunted alone. But often, after months
>> of
>> it, the isolation would begin to change him, change his very
>> perceptions—the jagged mountains in full daylight flaring as he watched
>> into freak saffrons, streaming indigos, the sky his glass house, all the
>> island his tulipomania.
>>
>> The published translation interprets the "saffrons" and "indigos" as
>> flowers, is that correct? I always thought they refer to colors, but I may
>> be wrong here.
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