GR translation: yellow Africa

[Mike Jing]

I was thinking this may be an Africa-themed carousel. The storks seem to be
real storks nesting in the ruins, but the "dainty black snakes a hundred
feet below meandering in the sunlight" seems to be painted since it's
currently night time.

The second edition of the published translation interpreted this as the
storks dreaming of "the yellow sands of Africa", which I don't think is
correct.


On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

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> https://www.shutterstock.com/search/yellow-african-pattern?image_type=illustration
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
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>> V398.13-16, P404.29-32   Storks are asleep among two- and three-legged
>> horses, rusted gearwork and splintered roof of the carousel, their heads
>> jittering with air-currents and yellow Africa, dainty black snakes a
>> hundred feet below meandering in the sunlight across the rocks and dry
>> pans.
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>> What does "yellow Africa" refer to here? Is it the background for the
>> carousel?
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