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Seeing Off Xin Jian at Hibiscus Tower

王昌龄Tang dynastyseven-character quatrain
SOURCE TEXT · 中文原文
寒雨连江夜入吴,
平明送客楚山孤。
洛阳亲友如相问,
一片冰心在玉壶。
English translation

Seeing Off Xin Jian at Hibiscus Tower

Cold rain merged with the river as we entered Wu by night;
at first light I see my friend off, and the Chu hills stand alone.
If kin and friends in Luoyang should ask about me,
say a single piece of ice-clear heart is in a jade vessel.