Hongri Yuan By Chinese Poet Hongri Yuan
Translated by Yuanbing zhang Gold birds, ah! Flew above my head A golden ribbon Spreading out to me from the sky I saw the golden mountains Smiling at me in the distance The layers of airy pavilions and pagodas Standing in the purple-red clouds The gardens in the sky, ah? The exquisite pagodas The bridge of golds and gems ah? Arched across the vast expanse of the Milky Way I saw a giant Waving to me in the sky Stood on the propitious clouds Shining millions of rays The huge figure ah! Like a high mountain The golden dragons! Fluttering around him A round of sun, ah? Shining above his head The golden robe, ah! Burning in the halos I saw his magical eyes And couldn't help thinking of the remote past Ah,hundreds of millions of centuries ago We once got together happily You were both my great teacher And also my close companion We created together The countless heavenly paradise Your golden smile, ah Made my heart beat lightly The glistening tears ah! Lingered in my eyes Your holy hands of giant, ah! Hold tightly with me You dressed me a golden robe Which was embroidered with dragons and phoenixes The words of gold, ah! Flew in your breast And turned into the mysterious light Shining in your eyes I understood your gleamy words And my heart laughed brilliantly A round huge sun Burning over my head You opened the city gates of gold for me And watched me crossing the huge garden A lofty palace Shone in front of my eyes In the transparent white jade railings Carved with the beautiful patterns The steps made of the rubies Reflected the smiling face of the sky The huge column of gold, ah! Carved with the wonderful flowers The layers of eaves were hight above the sky Like the golden birds spreading in the clouds A holy old man Stood majestically in front of the palace; his body was as transparent as the flame Sending out the resplendent red light Your bright eyes, ah! Contained the purple-gold flames There are golden dragons Circling around the golden staff in hands Your high forehead, ah! Rose like the mountains The layers of purple-gold flames, ah! Wreathing around your body The golden lightnings, ah! Shining in your bright eyes I saw the rounds of sun Burning in your head You opened the door to the palace And took me into it A huge palace Smiling at me in the sky I saw the books of gold Arranged in walls of the palace The lines of gold words, ah! Shining the charmingly light The holy old man, ah! Let me sit in the palace To read the books of gold And drink the good wine of wisdom He raised the golden staff in his hands Sent out the golden lights The huge books of gold Flew into my chest The lights were shining before me And I saw another sight The countless gold giants Flying lightly in the sky The multi-coloured transparent sky Many airy pavilions and pagodas And the happy girls Dancing and singing in the sky, A young giant Hold up the sun In a transparent mountain top Sending out the bottomless light An old man with gray hair Stepped on an auspicious cloud And stood stilly in the sky Smiling at the giant A huge golden mountain Which was transparent and gleamy in flames Turned into a palace And a exquisite gold pagoda The young boys and girls Riding with the colorful husbands and wifes Shed the multi-colouredflowers And which turned into the Gardens I heard an intoxicating tweet A huge phoenix Carried a roll of golden books Flying towards me from the clouds The lines of mysterious words Like the stars Arranged into the singular figures Shining before my eyes A huge white crane Turned into a young girl who opened a treasure casket While flashing a golden sword A round piece of jade Carved with the dragon designs And there were the lines of words Flashed the dazzling light An old man with gray hair Rode a kylin Which flew leisurely in the sky Carried a sword on his back A huge sun With a golden palace in the central of it? revealed a young Prince Reading the golden books in the palace A huge mirror Flashed in front of my eyes A bolt of lightening Awakened me in my dreams I went back to the palace again The magical old man Still held the golden staff And stood in front of my eyes The golden books, ah! Still shining on the walls But the words of gold, ah! Singing exactly in my chest The huge golden statue, ah! Flashed the dazzling light The holy old man, ah! The kindly smile appeared on his face The layers of purple-gold flames, ah! Surround me all around The stars with much light, ah! Shining in my body I saw a huge golden crown That few out of the old man's hand And turned into a sun ah! Which embedded in my forehead Suddenly a flash of lightning, ah? Went into my eyes I saw a gold pagoda, ah! Shining in the sky A golden giant Stood with smiles in front of the pagoda A gold garden Embraced the golden pagoda The holy giant Took me out of the palace A white crane was called in And flew to the sky with me It was like a white light ah? I came to the pagoda in the twinkling of an eye The huge pagoda of gold, ah! Was higher than the mountains on earth It was more than ninety thousand floors The height of each floor was ten thousand meters It was like a universe Containing the countless worlds The countless suns, ah! Shining on the floors of pagoda The multicoloured stars, ah! Constituted these wonderful designs The countless dragons, ah! Flying around the huge pagoda The lines of wods of the stars Shining in the transparent walls of gold The golden giant, ah! Wore the diamond armor Smiled at me briefly And opened the door of the pagoda for me On the huge door carved with gold Mysterious patterns were convex and concave Like the countless stars, ah? Spinning in the golden space A golden palace, ah! Were full of wonderful giant flowers; The huge gold tripods Burned in the raging flames The giants were sitting On the purple-gold pavilions They smild at me joyfully Like the long time parting families The golden winding stairs Coiled round the columns of the palace Like the huge golden dragons Flying into the sky with their head held high I saw a huge ball Which was in the middle of the palace Like a clear and transparent crystal Rotating the golden pictures There seemed to be countless worlds Fashing leisurely in the crystal The golden paradises Made my eyes drunken The wonderful bells Suddenly sounded in my ears The giants that were sitting Sang the thundering songs The songs were like the golden lightning Shining in my body from all quarters My heart was empty suddenly And saw the things of billions of years ago Originally I myself builted The huge pagoda of gold The lines of stars on the golden wall Just were the poems that I had written The smiling giants ah! All of them were my former partner The huge crystal balls ah! Were a golden universe The golden pagoda with more than ninety thousand floors, ah? Contain the countless the times and spaces Like a golden staircase of time ah? Linking up with the countless heavens Into the stars that had been turned by time ah! It's the sacred words Each of the golden poems Created a paradise The huge golden tripods ah! Burning the flame of time Smelted out the countless stars Forming the universes The countless giants were sitting On the transparent pagoda of gold The light of their songs Turned into the rounds of sun I saw the crystal sky, ah? Rotating outside the golden pagoda There seemed to be countless golden pagoda Shining in the sky I seemed not to exist And turned into the boundless light The countless huge pagodas of gold were just in my luminous chest The countless giants who were sitting up Smiled at me on the golden pagoda; Their dazzling smils, ah! Flashed the golden eternity. 3.22.1998 Bio: Yuan Hongri (b. 1962) is a Chinese mystic poet and philosopher. His works has been widely published in journals and magazines internationally in UK, USA, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada and Nigeria. He has authored a number long poems including Platinum City, The City of Gold, Golden Paradise and Golden Giant. The theme of his works is the exploration of human prehistoric and future civilization. About the Translator Yuanbing Zhang (b. 1974), who is a Chinese poet and translator, works in a Middle School, Yanzhou District , Jining City, Shandong Province, China. He can be contacted through his email- 3112362909@qq.com. Phone:+86 15263747339 Email:3112362909@qq.com Address:No.18 middle school Yanzhou District ,Jining City, Shandong Province, China Yuan Hongri Yuanbing Zhang |
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