Tang Yun唐韵

No. 45 · Seven-character quatrain

芙蓉楼送辛渐

Seeing Xin Jian Off at Lotus Tower

Fúróng Lóu Sòng Xīn Jiàn

by Wang Changling 王昌龄 · 698 – 757

  • Friendship
  • Rain
  • Integrity
寒雨连江夜入吴Cold rain joins the river; at night it enters Wu.
平明送客楚山孤At daybreak I see my friend off; the Chu hills stand alone.
洛阳亲友如相问If my family and friends in Luoyang ask after me —
一片冰心在玉壶tell them: a heart of ice in a jade jar.