Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane Tower
李白
故人西辞黄鹤楼
烟花三月下扬州
孤帆远影碧空尽
唯见长江天际流
gù rén xī cí huáng hè lóu
yān huā sān yuè xià yáng zhōu
gū fān yuǎn yǐng bì kōng jìn
wéi jiàn cháng jiāng tiān jì liú
My friend leaves Yellow Crane Tower for the west; in misty blossom March he goes down to Yangzhou. A lone sail’s far shadow vanishes in blue; only the Yangtze flows to the sky’s edge.
Farewell as vast landscape: friendship measured by river and sky.
李白《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》：孤帆远影碧空尽——目送写成江与天的空白。送别诗的视觉极简。可与《芙蓉楼》并读。今日：目送到看不见，是关系里郑重的「放行」。
Li Bai’s Yellow Crane farewell to Meng: lone sail’s far shadow ends in blue—seeing-off as river-sky blank. Visual minimalism of parting. Pair with Lotus Tower. Today: watching until unseen is a solemn release in a bond.
告别时不必填满所有话；有时一起看远方消逝，就是最深的送行。
Sometimes farewell is watching a sail vanish together—words are optional.
Read first, then practice — fill in lines and write a character.
Fill in the blanks
Practice calligraphy
This poem belongs to a place on the map—open the landscape to read both together.
This poem is linked from a city essay—open the place to read the name and the verse together.