黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵 · Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane Tower — 李白 (Tang Dynasty)
故人西辞黄鹤楼
gù rén xī cí huáng hè lóu
烟花三月下扬州
yān huā sān yuè xià yáng zhōu
孤帆远影碧空尽
gū fān yuǎn yǐng bì kōng jìn
唯见长江天际流
wéi jiàn cháng jiāng tiān jì liú
English translation
My old friend bids farewell at Yellow Crane Tower, / down to Yangzhou in misty-flowered March. / The lone sail fades into the blue horizon — / only the Long River flows to the sky's edge.
About this poem
The greatest farewell poem: Li Bai watches his friend's sail dissolve into the horizon until only the river remains.
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