Pavilion of Xie Tiao
- Poetry of Li Bai (Li Po)

《谢公亭·盖谢脁范云之所游》
Pavilion of Xie Tiao by Li Bai (Li Po)
中文原文( Chinese )

谢公离别处，风景每生愁。

客散青天月，山空碧水流。

池花春映日，窗竹夜鸣秋。

今古一相接，长歌怀旧游。

English Translation

Where the two poets parted,

The scene seems brokenhearted.

The moon's left in the sky;

The stream flows with deep sigh.

The pool reflects sunlight;

Bamboos shiver at night.

The present like the past;

Long, long will friendship last.

Xie Tiao ( 464-499 ) was a poet who parted with another poet at Xuancheng and built a pavilion there. Disfavored, he was put in jail and died in prison. Disgraced, Li Bai came to the pavilion and sighed for Xie's misfortune.

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