tulpenfarb'gen

22:31 May 13, 2012 

I am looking at this to see if will help shed some light

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

http://www.okonlife.com/poems/page1.htm

10:30 May 13, 2012 

Hello Nicole,

No, I do not speak German.

All I have is Brugsch's German rendition.
Unless, of course, some readers can identify the original Arabic source of this text.

23:59 May 12, 2012 

might also refer to white wine. :-)

23:54 May 12, 2012 

Pardon me, but do you speak German? I fail to understand why the meaning of hues and colors is discussed. For deeper symbolic meaning, it might be preferable to translate directly from the source language instead of having the German language interpreted by non-native speakers.

"Traubenblut" is nothing but an old-time expression for grape juice. The blood of a grape. Refined, of course. As wine. "Traubenblut" has nothing to do with colors.

22:05 May 12, 2012 

I think there is a contrast of sorts in the first two lines using the two colours tulip-colored and rich blood red

21:51 May 12, 2012 

Thanks Nicole for "Tulpenfarbig" = tulip colored

Tulpenfarbigen = tulip colored

21:47 May 12, 2012 

Sound like the poetry of Khayyam (and Arabic poetry as well written in the pre-Islamic era)...

Here is another where the color of tulips is borrowed from that of wine (the opposite direction...)

Tulips

Tulips the colour of wine
Their velvet texture
Ornate and delicate
Two lips that are yours
Soft as petals
And gently berry-stained
The intricacies of love
Are tenderly entwined
In a kiss intimate
Tender touch between you and I

21:43 May 12, 2012 

I think he [Brugsch] has taken and assimilated from the Persian culture

21:41 May 12, 2012 

I first thought it was a translation...

21:40 May 12, 2012 

Author is Famous Translator, Heinrich Brugsch, as noted above

21:37 May 12, 2012 

I have noticed a usage of the tulip color for Faith, Hope & Charity in Hex Signs but I am not sure if this is relevant here.

21:32 May 12, 2012 

Just think of the equivalent in beautiful Old English metres and caesurae:
Daily, daily, / sing to Mary,
Sing my soul her praises due:
All her feasts, her / actions honour,
With the heart's devotion true.

Now in wond'ring / contemplation,
Be her majesty confess'd;
Call her Mother / call her Virgin,
Happy Mother, Virgin blest.

21:31 May 12, 2012 

of this poem: Khayyam?

21:22 May 12, 2012 

Is that the word you are looking for? Tulips, aside from some modern breeds, are red. The guys are simply enjoying red wine.