sòng mèng hào rán zhī guǎng líng
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| 送 | sòng | to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send |
| 孟 | mèng | first month / eldest brother / (surname) |
| 浩 | hào | grand / vast (water) |
| 然 | rán | correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly |
| 之 | zhī | (literary equivalent of 的) / (subor. part.) / him / her / it |
| 广 | guǎng | wide / numerous / to spread |
| 陵 | líng | mound / tomb / hill / mountain |
| 故 | gù | happening / instance / reason / cause / deceased / old |
| 人 | rén | man / person / people |
| 西 | xī | west |
| 辞 | cí | bid farewell / diction / resign / say goodbye / take leave / decline |
| 黄 | huáng | (surname) / sulfur / yellow |
| 鹤 | hè | crane |
| 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor |
| 烟 | yān | cigarette / tobacco / smoke |
| 花 | huā | flower / blossom / to spend (money, time) / fancy pattern |
| 三 | sān | three |
| 月 | yuè | moon / month |
| 下 | xià | under / second (of two parts) / next (week, etc.) / lower / below / underneath / down(wards) / to decline / to go down / latter |
| 扬 | yáng | hurl / to raise / to scatter |
| 州 | zhōu | (United States) state / province / sub-prefecture |
| 孤 | gū | lone / lonely |
| 帆 | fān | sail |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 影 | yǐng | picture / image / reflection / shadow |
| 碧 | bì | green jade / bluish green / blue / jade |
| 空 | kōng, kòng | air / sky / empty / in vain; emptied / leisure |
| 尽 | jìn, jǐn | to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth); to the utmost |
| 惟 | wéi | -ism / only |
| 见 | xiàn, jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview; appear |
| 长 | cháng, zhǎng | chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop; length / long / forever / always / constantly |
| 江 | jiāng | river |
| 天 | tiān | day / sky / heaven |
| 际 | jì | border / edge / boundary / between / among / interval / while |
| 流 | liú | to flow / to spread / to circulate / to move |
The old man from the west bids farewell to the Yellow Crane pagoda
March mists rise from the lands
In the far blue horizon, a lone sail
One can just make out the great river, winding to the heavens
DJW
That the first month brings a downpour over the hills, is as it should be,
as the cranes bid farewell in the sunset over the cityscape
The three states are covered in the intricate tracings of incense and moonlight
The far-distant sail is alone but for its reflection in the infinite blue
Where the flowing river meets the sky—that is forever
MAW
The contractor's day
Make sure you deliver the night mausoleum to Meng
This all happened because Old Huang has resigned with his crane
You've had just under three months to smoke when you were scattering flowers throughout the sub-prefecture
We used up all the green jade in the picture of a boat
The interview only seems to last forever, but today we move to the river bank
MAW
Seeing off the elder brother;
vast oceans and water spread wideThe old people of the west say goodbye
to the yellow cranes and the houseSmoke rises; three months pass in the many provinces
A single sail reflects to the end of the blue skyIt simply appears as a long river flowing to the edge of heaven.
LJW
The old man bids farewell to the west
Smoke from the yellow crane's house rises in fancy patterns as it scatters across the province
For three months, the lonely sail is reflected at the end of the emptied river which flows forever into the sky
IW