黃鶴樓
Yellow Crane Tower
Cui Hao 崔顥 (c. 704–754)
Sui–Tang · early 8th century

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Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 754. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/黃鶴樓_(崔顥) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/cui-hao-yellow-crane-tower

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昔人已乘黃鶴去，
此地空餘黃鶴樓。
黃鶴一去不復返，
白雲千載空悠悠。
晴川歷歷漢陽樹，
芳草萋萋鸚鵡洲。
日暮鄉關何處是？
煙波江上使人愁。

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昔人已乘黄鹤去，
此地空余黄鹤楼。
黄鹤一去不复返，
白云千载空悠悠。
晴川历历汉阳树，
芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。
日暮乡关何处是？
烟波江上使人愁。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The man of old has ridden off on the yellow crane;
nothing is left here but Yellow Crane Tower.
The yellow crane, once gone, never came back;
for a thousand years the white clouds have drifted, empty.
Across the clear river, the Hanyang trees stand out one by one;
the fragrant grass grows thick on Parrot Island.
The day is ending: where is my home?
Mist on the river waves makes a man sad.