The City Awakens, Steel Sings (Original)
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The city awakens, steel sings (Original)
Author/Chen Chongling
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The city awakens before it's fully awake
Steel tears open its throat and sings out
Clang, clang, clang, clang
Boom, boom, boom, crack, crack, crackle, pop, pop, pop
Various notes mixed together, rushing
Creating a polyphony of the city's growth
Aggressive, sharp, distant, solemn, soaring, high-pitched
As if Xinghai is still conducting the Yellow River Chorus
Various instruments, various sound effects, orchestral, percussion
Together they play out the city's blossoming symphony
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A majestic Longmen (Chinese zither) stands in the center of the city
Standing on the tall observation tower, reach out
You can pluck the moon
The Longmen zither stands upright, like a commanding figure
It's like a conductor of a band
In the city sky, gracefully waving long arms
Light and easy, mobilizing stars
Directing the moon, directing the sun
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Concrete mixer trucks, like a 'Ten Months' pregnancy', cradling their journey's beat
Tapping out swift, like sand falling over wild geese
An excavator's chassis is as steady as a double bass
Every extension and retraction of the bowstring, it raises
Mud rolling, flowers of waves
A bulldozer beating drums and cymbals
A cutting torch playing the (Chinese clarinet), everything
Playing a vibrant, heroic steel circle dance
The city awakens, steel sings (Original)
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Trembling spring, vibrating the road network
You know, in the East Ring area of the city
The (JingGuang High-Speed Rail) speeds past like an arrow
The city is a large Chinese zither,
Letting the high-speed trains shuttle back and forth on the strings
As long as steel sings and moves,
The country's body becomes stronger
Chen Chongling – March 29th – 30th, 2020
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2020.03.29——30
