Translation of "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran in Guangling":
My old friend waved to me frequently and said goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower, in this sunny spring when catkins are like smoke and flowers are blooming. Going on a long trip to Yangzhou in March.
The shadow of the friend's lone boat gradually moved away and disappeared at the end of the blue sky. Only a line of the Yangtze River was seen, rushing towards the distant sky.
Original text:
"Yellow Crane Tower Sends Meng Haoran to Guangling"
Author Li Bai? During the Tang Dynasty
An old friend said goodbye to Yellow Crane Tower in the west , Fireworks under 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.
Creative background:
"Farewell to Meng Haoran at the Yellow Crane Tower in Guangling" is a farewell poem written by the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty. The whole poem embodies the feelings of separation in the description of the scene. With the gorgeous spring scenery of fireworks and the vast Yangtze River as the background, it does its best to render it, painting a poet's farewell with broad artistic conception, endless emotions, bright colors and suave style. painting.
In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan (727 AD) of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai returned from his eastward journey and arrived in Anlu, Hubei Province. He was twenty-seven years old. He lived in Anlu for ten years, but most of the time he met friends with poetry and wine, and traveled abroad. In his own words, he "lost himself in Anlu for ten years." It was while living in Anlu that Li Bai met Meng Haoran, who was twelve years older than him.
Meng Haoran admired Li Bai very much, and the two soon became close friends. In March of the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan (AD 730), Li Bai learned that Meng Haoran was going to Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), so he asked someone to bring the letter and asked to meet Meng Haoran in Jiangxia (now Wuchang District, Wuhan City). A few days later, Meng Haoran sailed eastward, and Li Bai personally sent him to the riverside. When bidding farewell, I wrote this song "Farewell to Meng Haoran at the Yellow Crane Tower in Guangling".