Huáng Hè Lóu Sòng Mèng Hàorán Zhī Guǎng Líng

          黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵

                                  lǐ bái（tánɡ）

                                  李 白    (唐)

Gù   rén    xī     cí    huáng hè    lóu

故     人     西     辞     黄     鹤     楼，

yān  huā  sān   yuè   xià  yáng zhōu

烟     花     三     月     下     扬     州。

Gū   fān  yuǎn  yǐng   bì    kōng  jìn

孤     帆     远     影     碧     空     尽，

wéi  jiàn cháng jiāng  tiān    jì     liú

唯     见     长     江     天     际     流。

 

 

Comment:

This is an emotional and graphic picture of seeing a friend off Standing on the Tower of Yellow Crane amid the spring willow downs, the poet sees his friend off to Yangzhou and naturally thinks of the old legend in which the divine being flew away on the crane which lends a touch of consolation to the sad farewell. The first two lines give the time place people in regard to the send-off conveying the poet’s best wishes for his friend, and have all along been regarded as the most beautiful eternal lines in Chinese literature treasure-house. The next two lines portray the flowing water and the sailing boat. As the vessel is going down the River and vanishing into the blue waters the poet’s feelings are raising high in his heart like the rolling waves and the boundless expanses of sky and land. These two unique lines dialectically combine the visible material and the invisible spirit, striking the reader as profoundly philosophical. Richly textured the poem is indeed thought-provoking and compelling.