"Farewell to Meng Haoran in Guangling"
Author: Li Bai
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.
Guangling refers to Yangzhou at that time.
Yangzhou was called Guangling, Jiangdu, Weiyang, etc. in ancient times
Notes:
1. Huanghe Tower: Built on Huangheji west of Wuchang, Hubei, with the Yangtze River below.
2. Fireworks: refers to the gorgeous scenery in late spring.
3. The end of the blue sky: refers to the place where the boat disappears where the water and the blue sky meet.
Rhyme translation:
Old friend Meng Haoran bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower in Western Chu;
In March, when fireworks were like a sea, he went to visit Yangzhou.
A lone boat disappeared far away at the end of the blue sky;
I saw only the mighty Yangtze River, rushing towards the sky