Slow Song of Magnolia Flowers "Orange Isle"

何威廉

Slow Song of Magnolia Flowers

Orange Isle

By William He

Water lapping with low sounds in the shoal.
There eventide's all a glimmer,
Mesmerizing magic in the air.
Lasers stretch with the gloaming rich gems,
Into a recondite tour of astral reveries,
Mountain whispering of past dreams.
A reddish high gloss.
At the edge of a purple twilight,
A myriad of comets with tails surround Achelous then.
River mingling in laughing and dispiriting,
The gentle breath rests a disheartened tale.

Toward the bulrush slope.
Tungtings bewilder in the reed notes.
Drifting indistinct in the shadow,
Yesterday's dust is spiralling now.
Tangerine on a altar,
Feeding ultimate sunset with curiosity's fires,
Hearing these secrets hidden.
Waves rushing to rocks.
Taking from the maple leaves,
And deciphering some hieroglyphic scribbles as well.
Dripping from wounded angel's wings,
Tweedle paints an emotion which flows.


木兰花慢

橘子洲头

作者：何威廉

悄维舟沙浦。
水中镜、
照澄虚。
激光出浮雕，
神游七海，
岳麓睽孤。
星弧。
暮牵行色，
竟闲吟步入五云衢。
昨日半江红紫，
几番排遣嗟嘘。

黄芦。
缀叶青鱼。
才搭伴、
又踟蹰。
万类然、
晚渡风留别袂，
密语苍梧。
跳珠。
散声枫叶，
奈山河也是化生符。
伊昔山边流去，
携琴轻拨瓯臾。

Notes:

“Orange Isle”: Orange Isle is an isle in Xiang River, Changsha, Hunan, China. As the world's longest inland river isle, Orange Island connects the Mount Yuelu in the west and the downtown in the east, with a length of 5km and a width of 50-200 meters and a total area of 70kms. Orange Island comprises three nearly-connected isles: upper isle, middle isle and lower isle. Orange Isle at present includes Ox-head Isle and Land-and-water Isle.

“Achelous”: A deity in Greek mythology, the river god of the eponymous river, which is the largest in Greece. Therefore, Achelous was the most important of the river gods.

“Tungting”: Bangana tungting is a species of bony fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals can grow to 21.3 cm. They have sexual reproduction. Bangana tungting is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China.

何威廉

A reddish high gloss.
At the edge of a purple twilight,
A myriad of comets with tails surround Achelous then.
River mingling in laughing and dispiriting,
The gentle breath rests a disheartened tale ......