Angel Falls

This came about while I was jogging. I had an image of the waterfall in the animation Up. Later found out that it was Angel Falls in Venezuela…  After the first draft of the poem was completed, I found the sunset in a photo of a painting which is very similar to the setting of what I had in my mind but not the waterfall.

1 天使瀑布雲海深 The sea of clouds run deep at Angel Falls,

2 危丈三百水聲沉 And sounds of water gushing dangerously from three thousand feet.
3 夕陽辭告彩霞別 The sunset bade adieu as red colored clouds departs,
4 西斜烟飛聽龍吟 Mists rising in slanted rays and listening to the howling dragon.

1 Dropping from a height at a bit over 3,000 ft, most of the water are turned into mists before hitting rock bottom. This mists would cover a wide area and looked like a sea of clouds.

2 One 丈 is about 10 feet.

3 The night is coming and soon the view will be hidden by night.

4 The sound of the waterfall will never stop.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023