"Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran at Guangling" is one of the famous poems by the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty. Meng Haoran was a famous figure in poetry who was highly praised by Li Bai. Ten years later, Li Bai wrote a poem "I love Master Meng, and he is known all over the world" to praise him. The following is the translation of the ancient poem "Yellow Crane Tower" from "The Old Man in the West" compiled by me. Welcome to read it!
The Yellow Crane Tower sends Meng Haoran to Guangling
Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
The old friend left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March.
The shadow of the lone sail in the distance is gone in the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing in the sky.
Notes
1. Yellow Crane Tower: a famous scenic spot in China, its former site is on Huanghuji in Snake Mountain, Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province today. Legend has it that Fei Yi ascended to immortality here during the Three Kingdoms period. He rode the yellow crane away, so it was called the Yellow Crane Tower
2. Old friend: Old friend, here refers to Meng Haoran. He is older than Li Bai and enjoys a high reputation in the poetry world. Li Bai admired him very much and had a deep affection for each other, so he called him an "old friend"
3. Fireworks: Describe the spring scenery of catkins like smoke and flowers like brocade
4. Next: Going Downward
Poetry Explanation
1 An old friend said goodbye to me at the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and went to Yangzhou in the spring of March, when the smoke was thick and the flowers were blooming. The sail shadow of the solitary boat gradually disappeared into the distance at the end of the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River could be seen flowing toward the horizon.
2 My old friend Meng Haoran and I said goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower in the west. In the spring of March, catkins were like smoke, and he went east to Yangzhou alone. The lone sail gradually drifted away and disappeared at the end of the water and sky, leaving only the surging river water flowing eastward.
Poetry Appreciation 1
The opening line of the poem, "An old friend bids farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower in the West," closely follows the theme and points out the place of farewell and the relationship between oneself and the person being sent off. The word "old friend" illustrates the deep friendship between the two poets. The "Yellow Crane Tower" is a world-famous tourist attraction, a gathering place for poets and poets, and the legendary place where immortals ascended to heaven on a crane. Now the two chic and elegant poets are saying goodbye here, which is even more poetic and romantic. The second sentence, "Fireworks descend on Yangzhou in March," closely follows the first sentence and describes the season of farewell and the place where the person being sent off is going. "Yangzhou" is a southeastern city that has been prosperous since ancient times, and "March" is the season when spring is beautiful and flowers bloom. The poet uses "fireworks" to modify "March", which not only vividly describes the characteristics of misty smoke and blooming flowers in Yangchun, but also reminds people of the prosperous and peaceful Yangzhou in the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, with clusters of flowers and embroidered bead curtains. scene. The place Meng Haoran wanted to go was really a good place, and the time was chosen just right.
Li Bai was naturally very envious of his friend's trip. The clear and bright poem "Fireworks descend in Yangzhou in March" expresses the poet's inner joy and yearning. But Li Bai is also an emotional poet. When his friends sail away, the feeling of farewell arises spontaneously. From the "Collection of Li Taibai", we can see that there are many poems between Li Bai and Meng Haoran. In "Gift to Meng Haoran", Li Bai wrote: "My love for Master Meng is known all over the world. The beauty abandons the crown, and the white head lies in the pine clouds." It can be seen how much Li Bai admires Meng Haoran and how deep their friendship is.
Poetry Appreciation 2
This poem is different from Wang Bo's "Farewell to Du Shaofu's Appointment to Shuzhou", which expresses the youthful farewell, and it is also different from Wang Wei's "Weicheng Song" 》That kind of affectionate and thoughtful farewell. Rather, it expresses a poetic farewell. The reason why this is so is because this is the farewell of two elegant poets, and also because this parting is related to a prosperous era, prosperous season, and prosperous region, and the happy breakup also carries the poet's yearning. , which makes this parting more poetic and less sad.
Li Bai’s relationship with Meng Haoran was when he was young and happy, so what he saw in his eyes was nothing but beauty and comfort. This departure coincided with the prosperous Kaiyuan era, which was peaceful and prosperous. The season was March, when the fireworks were at their strongest and spring was at its strongest. The journey from the Yellow Crane Tower down the Yangtze River was full of flowers. Li Bai was such a romantic person who loved traveling, so this parting was entirely carried out in a very strong atmosphere of capriccio and lyric poetry. There was no sadness or unhappiness in Li Bai's heart. On the contrary, he felt that Meng Haoran was very happy on his trip. He longed for the Yangzhou area and Meng Haoran, so while bidding farewell, his heart flew with him, and there was endless poetry in his chest rippling with the river.
"The old friend said goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower in the West", this sentence is not only to point out the topic, but also because the Yellow Crane Tower is a famous place in the world, and it may be the place where the two poets often hang out and gather. Therefore, when the Yellow Crane Tower is mentioned, it brings out all kinds of poetic life content related to this place. The Yellow Crane Tower itself is the place where immortals are said to fly into the sky. This creates an association with Li Bai's mind of Meng Haoran's happy trip to Guangling, adding to the pleasant and capricious atmosphere.
"Fireworks descend on Yangzhou in March", adding the word "fireworks" to "March" makes the poetic atmosphere in the farewell environment particularly rich. Fireworks refer to misty smoke and blooming flowers. The feeling given to readers is by no means a piece of land or a flower, but a vast expanse of spring mist that cannot be seen through. March is the time for fireworks, and the prosperous lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the Kaiyuan era were also the land of fireworks.
"Fireworks in March" not only reproduces the charming scenery of the bustling place in late spring, but also reveals the atmosphere of the times. This sentence has a beautiful artistic conception and beautiful writing. Sun Zhu of the Qing Dynasty praised it as "a beautiful sentence through the ages". Li Bai's desire to go to Yangzhou was beyond words.
The last two sentences of the poem seem to be describing the scenery, but the description of the scenery contains a poetic detail. "The lonely sail is far away and the shadow is gone in the blue sky." Li Bai kept sending his friends on the boat. The boat had already sailed away, but he was still watching the sailing sails go away from the river. Li Bai looked at the sail shadow until he saw the sail shadow gradually blurring and disappearing at the end of the blue sky, which shows that he watched for a long time. The shadow of the sail had disappeared, but Li Bai was still gazing eagerly, and then he noticed the spring water of the river flowing mightily to the far place where the water and the sky meet.
The last sentence is about the scene in front of you, but it is not simply a description of the scene. Li Bai's deep affection for his friends and Li Bai's yearning are reflected in this poetic and yearning gaze. The poet's heartbeat rises and falls, just like the spring water of a river rolling eastward. In short, this is a very poetic farewell between two elegant and unrestrained poets. For Li Bai, it is also a farewell with a feeling of longing. The poet uses the gorgeous scenery of March in spring to describe the boating on the Yangtze River. The broad picture expresses the details of watching the distant shadow of the lone sail extremely vividly.