What is the whole poem of the poem "An Old Friend Farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower on the West"

The poem "Yellow Crane Tower, an old friend in western language" comes from the poem "Farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou" written by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty.

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.

Whole poem 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.

The creative background of this poem:

In the fifteenth year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (727), Li Baidong returned to Anlu, Hubei, at the age of 27. He lived in Anlu for ten years, but most of the time, he made friends with poetry and traveled abroad. In his own words, "wine is safe and secure, and ten years are wasted." That is, while living in Anlu, Li Bai met Meng Haoran who was twelve years older than him.

Meng Haoran admired Li Bai very much and they soon became close friends. In March of the 18th year of Kaiyuan (730), when Li Bai learned that Meng Haoran was going to Guangling (now Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province), he sent a letter to meet Meng Haoran in Jiangxia (now Wuchang District, Wuhan City). A few days later, Meng Haoran took a boat to the east, and Li Bai personally sent it to the river. When I was leaving, I wrote this song "Farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou by the Yellow Crane Tower".

Appreciation of the whole poem:

The first sentence in the poem "An old friend stays in the Yellow Crane Tower in the west" means that an old friend wants to bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower and travel east. Because the Yellow Crane Tower is in the west of Guangling, the place where western poetry goes must be in the East. Then the second sentence, "Fireworks descend to Yangzhou in March", Yangzhou is Guangling, and it goes to Yangzhou by boat from the Yangtze River. Meng Haoran went to Yangzhou in the spring of March, which was as beautiful as fireworks. Yangzhou has always been famous for its beautiful scenery, especially in spring, with lush flowers and beautiful scenery. So Li Bai used fireworks to describe where Meng Haoran was going, and also revealed how much Meng Haoran envied his trip. The above two sentences are about farewell, not parting.

In the third and fourth sentences, "A lone sail travels far, but the Yangtze River stays in the sky", the writer sends his friend away and looks at the distant sail alone in the Yellow Crane Tower. A boat carrying people eastward on the river drifted away and finally disappeared into the blue sky where water and sky meet. All he can see is the endless flowing water of the Yangtze River, and the author's feelings follow the line of sight until the boat has disappeared into the blue sky. He still stood there staring at the flowing water of the Yangtze River on the horizon, which showed his farewell to his friends.

This feeling of separation would not be so profound if it were not between words and bosom friends. The way to write the feelings of parting is just to take the scenery before the place of parting. Hide feelings in the scenery; It does not directly express feelings, but makes the human body more aware of the real taste.

Personal feelings:

For Li Bai, the poetic parting of these two romantic and unique poets is also a yearning parting. The poet used the gorgeous scenery of March in spring, the vast picture of boating on the Yangtze River and the details of the lonely sail to show this parting incisively and vividly.