Listen to this article夜送赵纵
杨炯[1]
赵氏连城璧[2]，
由来天下传[3]。
送君还旧府[4]，
明月满前川。
注释：
[1] 杨炯：初唐四杰之一。《千家诗》注说：“此送友诗。言赵子赵人，其才如赵王连城之璧，天下闻之久矣。吾送子于明月之下，还归赵州本国之故府，而皎然明月照满前川之上，犹得与故人共之也。”赵纵要回故乡赵州，杨炯为他送行，把他比作价值连城的赵氏璧，和光照前川的明月，虽可能是客套话，但可看出诗人的价值观。
[2] 连城璧：价值等于好几座城市的珍贵玉石。璧，中间有孔的扁圆型玉石。
[3] 传：闻名。
[4] 旧府：故乡的居所。
Farewell at Night
Yang Jiong
You are a talent of renown,
Your fame wide spread like bright moonbeams.
I see you off to your home town;
You shine with the moon on all streams.
《夜送赵纵》是唐代诗人杨炯创作的一首五言绝句。这是一首送别诗，诗一开始用连城璧来比赵纵，以美玉比人，把赵纵的风貌、才能具体化了。后两句才由壁及人，说到送赵纵还旧府之事，一语双关，送还旧府的还有壁，只是人显里隐罢了。结句描绘在洒满月光的夜色中，沿着河川送别赵纵的情景，其中饱含着诗人对挚友的深厚情谊，点出送别的时间，且隐约表达了一路平安的祝愿。这首诗巧用典故，比兴得体，语言明白晓畅，形象鲜明可感。深入浅出，比喻设譬通俗易懂，写景自然贴切。
The poem “Farewell at Night” is a five-line poem written by Yang Jiong, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It is a poem of farewell. At the beginning of the poem, the poet compares Zhao Zhong with Lian Cheng Bi, using the beautiful jade to compare with a person, which concretizes Zhao Zhong’s style and talent. Only in the second two lines does the poem talk about sending Zhao Zhong back to his old house from the wall to the person, a double entendre, as the person who sent him back to his old house is also the wall, but the person is hidden inside. The concluding lines depict the scene of seeing off Zhao Zong along the river in the moonlight night, which is full of the poet’s deep friendship to his dear friend, pointing out the time of the farewell and implicitly expressing the wish for a safe journey. The poem uses allusions skillfully, and the analogy is appropriate, the language is clear and clear, and the image is vivid and perceptible. The metaphors are easy to understand and the scenes are natural and apt.
