Tang Yun唐韵

No. 03 · Seven-character quatrain

早发白帝城

Leaving Baidi City at Dawn

Zǎo Fā Báidì Chéng

by Li Bai 李白 · 701 – 762

  • Rivers
  • Travel
  • Joy
朝辞白帝彩云间At dawn I leave Baidi among the painted clouds;
千里江陵一日还a thousand li to Jiangling, and back within a day.
两岸猿声啼不住On both banks the gibbons call without pause —
轻舟已过万重山my light boat has already passed ten thousand ranges.