To See Meng Hao-jan Off to Yang-chou by Li Po

My old friend takes off from the Yellow Crane Tower,
In smoke-flower third month down to Yangchou.
A lone sail, a distant shade, lost in the blue horizon.
Only the long Yangtze is seen flowing into the sky.

translated by Wai-lim Yip

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