by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Sailing for the sun
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
I took leave of you, old friend, at the 
Yellow Crane Pavilion; 
In the mist and bloom of March, you went 
down to Yang-chou: 
A lonely sail, distant shades, extinguished by blue-- 
There, at the horizon, where river meets sky.

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