On scenes so vast the Tower feasts our eye;
The river stretches into the Lake of South.
Taking away our sorrow,wild geese fly;
Green mountains throw the moon up from their mouth.
Make of white cloud a comfortable bed.
And pass around wine-cups in azure skies.
Drunken,let cooling breezes blow and spread
Our dancing sleeves which flap like butterflies.
楼观岳阳尽，川迥洞庭开。
雁引愁心去，山衔好月来。
云间连下榻，天上接行杯。
醉后凉风起，吹人舞袖回。
Tower of Yueyang in Hunan Province.
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