时维九月，序属三秋。潦水尽而寒潭清，烟光凝而暮山紫。俨骖騑于上路，访风景于崇阿。临帝子之长洲，得仙人之旧馆。层峦耸翠，上出重霄；飞阁流丹，下临无 地。鹤汀凫渚，穷岛屿之萦回；桂殿兰宫，列冈峦之体势。披绣闼，俯雕甍，山原旷其盈视，川泽纡其骇瞩。闾阎扑地，钟鸣鼎食之家；舸舰迷津，青雀黄龙之轴。 虹销雨霁，彩彻云衢。落霞与孤鹜齐飞，秋水共长天一色。渔舟唱晚，响穷彭蠡之滨；雁阵惊寒，声断衡阳之浦。


It is September, the third month of autumn.

The puddles on the ground have dried up, and the water in the pond is cool and translucent. At dusk the rays of the setting sun, condensed in the evening haze, turn the mountains purple. In the stately carriages drawn by horses we make our way ahead, visiting the attractive scenic spot in the mountains.

Soon we arrive at the river bank, where the King Teng's Tower beckons and we ascend the tower where the fairy once dwelled. Ranges upon ranges of green mountains rise as high as the sky, The red glow in the water is the reflection of the richly painted tower that seems hovering in the air. From its heights no land is visible.

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王勃 (Wang Bo), 676 CE