With Government Official Shi, Listen to a Flute at the Yellow Crane Tower
与 史 郎 中 饮 听 黄 鹤 楼 上 吹 笛
一 为 迁 客 去 长 沙
西 望 长 安 不 见 家。
黄 鹤 楼 中 吹 玉 笛
江 城 五 月 落 梅 花。
Yu Shi Lang Zhong Yin Ting Huang He Lou Shang Chui Di
Yi wei qian ke qu chang sha
Xi wang chang an bu jian jia.
Huang he lou zhong chui yu di
Jiang cheng wu yue luo mei hua.
With Government Official Shi, Listen to a Flute at the Yellow Crane Tower
We were moved to a place like Changsha
Gaze west into the distance from Chang’an, cannot see my house.
Middle of the Yellow Crane Tower a jade flute blows
Jiang City in May, yet the winter plum blossoms fall down.
Notes:
Yellow Crane Tower: First built in 223 AD in the city of Wuhan. Located along the Changjiang, it is the home to the Sacred Stupa revered by Tibetan Buddhism.
Changsha: City established during the Zhou Dynasty, that is the provincial capital of Hunan Province