Original text:
Farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou from Yellow Crane Tower.
Tang Libai
Old friends frequently waved to me, bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower, and traveled to Yangzhou in this beautiful spring filled with catkins and flowers.
My friend's sail shadow faded away and disappeared at the end of the blue sky, only seeing the first line of the Yangtze River and heading for the distant horizon.
Precautions:
Yellow Crane Tower: A famous scenic spot in China, it is located in Sheshan Yellow Chicken in Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and belongs to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. According to legend, Fei Yi died of the Yellow Crane in the Three Kingdoms period, so it was called Yellow Crane Tower. The original building was destroyed and the existing building was restored on 1985. Meng Haoran: Li Bai's friend. One: Go and arrive. Guangling: Yangzhou.
Old friend: Old friend, this refers to Meng Haoran. He is older than Li Bai and enjoys a high reputation in the field of poetry. Li Bai admires him very much and has deep feelings for each other, so he is called an "old friend". Remarks: Goodbye.
Fireworks: describe spring scenery with catkins like smoke and flowers like brocade, referring to gorgeous spring scenery. Down: Down the river.
Clear sky: Disappear in the blue sky. Do: end, disappear. Blue Sky: A work called Blue Mountain.
Just look: just look. Sky Flow: Flowing to the horizon: the horizon, the end of the horizon.
Translation:
Old friends frequently waved to me, bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower, and traveled to Yangzhou on this catkin-like, flowery March spring day. The lonely sail shadow of my friend faded away and disappeared at the end of the blue sky, only seeing a line of the Yangtze River, heading for the distant sky.
Brief analysis:
This poem shows a poetic parting. The reason for saying this is because this is the parting of two romantic and chic poets, and also because this parting is linked with a prosperous time, a prosperous time and a prosperous region, and the poet Li Bai's yearning is also brought in in the happy parting, which makes this parting very poetic.
The phrase "an old friend said goodbye to the West Yellow Crane Tower" is not only for the sake of making a point, but also because the Yellow Crane Tower is a world-famous scenic spot, which may be the place where two poets often get together and hang out. So when it comes to the Yellow Crane Tower, it brings out various poetic life contents related to it. The Yellow Crane Tower itself is also the legendary place where immortals fly to the sky, which is associated with Li Bai's idea of Meng Haoran going to Guangling happily this time, adding that kind of pleasant and imaginative atmosphere.
"Fireworks descend in Yangzhou in March", and the word "fireworks" was added to "March", smearing the atmosphere of that poem in the farewell environment. Fireworks refer to misty smoke and flowers. The reader's feeling is by no means a piece of land or a flower, but an invisible and impenetrable smoke cloud in spring. March is the season of fireworks, and the prosperous lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Kaiyuan era is the place of fireworks. Fireworks in March not only reproduces the charming scenery of the bustling place in late spring, but also reveals the flavor of the times. This sentence has a beautiful artistic conception and a beautiful writing style, and Sun Zhu of A Qing Dynasty praised it as "the eternal quatrain". Li Bai's desire to go to Yangzhou is beyond words.
"Sailing alone in the sky, I can see the Yangtze River flowing in the sky." The last two sentences of the poem look like landscape writing, but there is a poetic detail in landscape writing. Li Bai has been sending his friends to the boat, and the boat has already left, while he is still watching the sails in the distance by the river. Li Bai's eyes looked at the sail shadow until it gradually blurred and disappeared at the end of the blue sky, showing a long time to watch. The shadow of the sail has disappeared, but Li Bai is still staring at it. At this time, he noticed that a river with spring water is flowing far to the junction of water and sky.
"Just watching the Yangtze River flowing in the sky" is the scene in front of us, not just writing about the scenery. Li Bai's deep affection and yearning for his friends are all reflected in this poetic style. The poet's heart rises and falls, just like a stream of spring water rolling eastward. In a word, this poetic parting of two romantic and chic poets is another yearning parting of Li Bai, which vividly shows the vast picture of boating on the Yangtze River and the details of lonely sails in the distance with the gorgeous scenery in March.
About the author:
Li Bai (70 1 ~ 762), whose name is Taibai, is a violet layman. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "poetic immortal" and is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing the arrogant spirit of contempt for powerful people, expressing sympathy for people's sufferings, being good at depicting natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is magnificent and bold, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, the melody is harmonious and changeable, and it is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and myths and legends, which constitutes its unique magnificent and gorgeous color and reaches the peak of poetic art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than 1000 poems, including 30 volumes of Li Taibai's Collection.