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钟陵饯送
翠幕红筵[1]高在云，
歌钟一曲万家闻。
路人指点滕王阁[2]，
看送忠州白使君[3]。
这首诗是白居易离开江州后，友人在滕王阁为他送行，他所写下的饯别诗。王勃的滕王阁诗早已闻名天下，“滕王高阁临江渚”，白居易只用“高在云”三字虚写；“佩玉鸣鸾罢歌舞”，“画栋朝飞南浦云，珠帘暮卷西山雨”，白诗只用“翠幕红筵”四字概括；而“歌钟一曲万家闻”则是王诗“歌舞”的扩大；“路人指点滕王阁”，这才转入正题，而王诗却是开门见山；最后一句“看送忠州白使君”，还是从路人观点来写饯别。总之，这首诗用高阁之盛、饯别之欢，来反衬当年江州的孤寂。
注释：
[1]翠幕红筵：翠绿的帐幕，红锦铺设的筵席。
[2]滕王阁：位于今江西省南昌市赣江东岸，与黄鹤楼、岳阳楼为并称“江南三大名楼”。
[3]使君：古时对州郡长官的尊称。
Farewell Feast at Zhongling
Green curtains veil the crimson hall high in the cloud;
With thrilling farewell songs a thousand houses are loud.
Passersby lending their ears point to Prince Teng’s Tower
And see officials bid me adieu in the bower.
《钟陵饯送》是唐代伟大的现实主义诗人白居易所写的一首诗作。该诗描写了送别宴上宏大的场面，诗人并不因离别而伤感，反而表现除了一种乐观的人生态度。
The poem “Farewell Feast at Zhongling” is a poem written by Bai Juyi, a great realist poet of the Tang Dynasty. The poem depicts a grand scene at the farewell banquet. The poet does not feel sad because of the farewell, but shows an optimistic attitude towards life.
