Tang Yun唐韵

No. 05 · Seven-character quatrain

黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵

Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane Tower

Huánghè Lóu Sòng Mènghàorán

by Li Bai 李白 · 701 – 762

  • Friendship
  • Parting
  • Rivers
故人西辞黄鹤楼My old friend takes his leave of Yellow Crane Tower, heading east;
烟花三月下扬州in the flower-mist of the third month, down to Yangzhou.
孤帆远影碧空尽A lone sail, a far shadow, fades into the blue —
唯见长江天际流only the long river is left, flowing to the edge of the sky.