望庐山瀑布 · The Waterfall on Mount Lu — 李白 (Tang Dynasty)
日照香炉生紫烟
rì zhào xiāng lú shēng zǐ yān
遥看瀑布挂前川
yáo kàn pù bù guà qián chuān
飞流直下三千尺
fēi liú zhí xià sān qiān chǐ
疑是银河落九天
yí shì yín hé luò jiǔ tiān
English translation
Sunlight on Incense Burner Peak raises purple mist, / from afar the waterfall hangs over the river. / Flying straight down three thousand feet — / as if the Milky Way fell from the ninth heaven.
About this poem
Li Bai at his most extravagant: the waterfall is the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven.
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