Charm of a Maiden Singer "The Bald Eagle"

何威廉

Tune: Charm of a Maiden Singer

The Bald Eagle

By William He

Soaring across the sea in the sky,
The black air continues to circulate,
A frosty zephyr numbs your claws.
David anointed by Samuel battles Goliath,
You can feel them behind the wall.
The wrinkled water beneath you,
Ringing with five rigid sides,
You are reaching for Jurassic World.
Your forehead is so white,
Strain on memory of the chains of Rome.

Tracing the unique line of a life,
You climb and glide through,
Wearing a layer of mysterious veil.
Jackrabbits stir near a clump of brush,
You silently peer to the ground.
The hardy antelope clasps the crag,
Crane paints a moment in dark blue,
Sheepish mist into slumber just now.
The heart of mixed emotions,
Mount Rushmore is slipping on tears.


念奴娇

白头海雕

作者：何威廉

日西托翼，
乍乱山阴淡，
慄冽长翮。
达宦驱人何日醒，
别我君今惭恻。
纡绕三河，
衔环五角，
游历侏罗国。
霜毛萧飒，
紫宫玄府枳棘。

休问金爪神工,
星眸迷暗，
流幻心犹惕。
雉兔幽峦堪独往，
俯入野陂非易。
壑绝羚悬，
松深鹤唳，
暮霭苍崖积。
几番滋味，
此间风正萧瑟。



Notes:
“David and Goliath”: The Philistines were at war with Saul. Their champion fighter, Goliath, taunted the armies of Israel daily. But no Hebrew soldier had dared to face this giant of a man. David, newly anointed，was deeply offended by the giant's haughty, mocking challenges. He was zealous to defend the Lord's name. Armed with the inferior weapons of a shepherd, but empowered by God, David killed the mighty Goliath. With their hero down, the Philistines scattered in fear.
“Five rigid sides”: The Pentagon is the Virginia headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, located in a massive five-sided concrete and steel building that’s a potent symbol of America’s military strength.
“Jurassic World”: Jurassic World (2015). Twenty-two years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park, also known as Jurassic World, is open for business. After years of studying genetics, the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur, the Indominus Rex.
“Chains of Rome”: The Chains of St. Peter in Rome. The chains are today exposed for veneration in a gold and glass reliquary in the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, on Rome's Oppian Hill, a church built in the fifth century during the reign of Leo the Great. Peter's chains remain a sign of the relationship, often uneasy, between throne and altar, bishops and emperors.
“Mount Rushmore”: Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Carved into the southeastern face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest are four gigantic sculptures depicting the faces of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

何威廉

The heart of mixed emotions,
Mount Rushmore is slipping on tears......

何威廉

达宦驱人何日醒，别我君今惭恻......