Farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou from Yellow Crane Tower.
Original text:
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.
Translation:
The old friend said goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower and went east, and drifted to Yangzhou, where fireworks were woven in March. The sail shadow gradually disappeared at the junction of water and sky, only to see the rolling Yangtze River water rushing on the horizon.
Extended data:
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 still stared at it, and then he noticed that a river with spring water was flowing to the distant 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.