The Lantern Festival Night Poem by William He

The Lantern Festival Night

The Lantern Festival Night
By William He

The lamps with a zigzagging and accustomed light,
The drones are shuttling in the high-leaping flames.
While the field and the roof lie level and the same,
A shoal of s-shaped scaldfish winkling in starry sky.
They blazing endlessly till the dark be a liquid shine,
The time warping and space scattering with star dust.
To lead humans the unique door they may find warm,
The luminous Vulcan is pulling on their veiled minds.

七律 乙巳元宵
作者:何威廉

灯下蛇游真似幻,
无人机转也恭勤。
绿图缴绕全波束,
花影疑摇半卷云。
焰火腾翔欺夜色,
时空弯曲滞星群。
千门倏忽通林薮,
桂渚迷藏路不分。

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Notes: "Time warping": Curved spacetime. In physics, curved spacetime is the mathematical model in which, with Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity naturally arises, as opposed to being described as a fundamental force in Newton's static Euclidean reference frame. Objects move along geodesics—curved paths determined by the local geometry of spacetime—rather than being influenced directly by distant bodies. "Vulcan": The god of fire including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth. He is often depicted with a blacksmith's hammer. The Vulcanalia was the annual festival held August 23 in his honor. His Greek counterpart is Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithery. In Etruscan religion, he is identified with Sethlans.
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