Lunar New Year

何威廉

Lunar New Year
By William He

They turning in lamplight,
Intersecting the others churning East Wind.
Dim light of joy shines in a dark sea of conformity once.
Dumplings and spring rolls with baskets of fish,
Click of mahjong tiles drifts down the hall.
Playing with hidden hand.
Sparkling in winning deck,
Luck seeding the flow for strokes and more this night.
Eyes leaking the blood of cupidity,
The bitter sweet wail of insecurity whispers softly,
The moments cast an active spin,
Moves lost and found from thoughts unseen.

Taking things easy with WeChat,
Dullness hidden by their bright radiant smile.
Their images settling on petals like dew.
They can tape themselves dressed as elves,
To video yourself Samsara and twerk.
Sweet moments at dawn,
Seasons swirl in circle trip,
Scarlet envelopes and blessings of fortune as well.
BeautyCam aligns knack with steady moves,
Passionate in radiance on clouds cyber stars fly,
Feeling more comfortable being himself,
Even if it is cringey or garrulous at that time.

摸鱼儿 过年
作者：何威廉

话新禧、
东风招手。
酣欢聚散心表。
大盘里八鲜肴菜，
麻将青蚨嫌少。
惊点炮。
清一色、
今宵转运谁先笑。
血丝眼绕。
怎岁月蹉跎，
傲幽坚淡，
骰子真难料。

聊微信，
晒视频今夜好。
梅西香港声爆。
舞场科目三开播，
不想烦愁来告。
晨色早，
添一岁、
利名牵役何时了。
美颜技巧，
乍网上明星，
其中润浸，
屏幕上休扰。



Notes:
"Mahjong": A tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is played by four players. The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout East and Southeast Asia and have also become popular in Western countries.
“Samsara”: "Samsara 2015" is a 2014 song by the Norwegian and Swedish dance music producer duo Tungevaag & Raaban. It became a hit in Scandinavian charts including Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The Norwegian hit version featured the vocals of Norwegian singer Emila that was released again charting in its own right again in VG-lista, the Norwegian Singles Chart and in Finland.
“Twerk”：A type of dance that emerged from the bounce music scene of New Orleans in 1990, which has a broader origin among other types of dancing found among the African diaspora that derives from Bantu-speaking Africans of Central Africa.