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Solitary Moonlight Drunk

Li Bai One jug of wine         a thicket of flowers, A solitary drunk         no friends around. I raise my cup         urge Moon to drink, But Moon has no stomach for wine! Shadow stalks my tettering form, Moon and Shadow         my transient chums, The three of us         giddy as springtime, I sing out!          Startled!                 Moon stops dead, I jitterbug!          Shadow boogies drunkenly. Sober we're bosom friends,         Pickled we scatter. I yearn to trek to the frigid beyond, And together plunge into Star River.

Yuèxià Dúzhuó

Huā jiān yī hú jiǔ Dúzhuó wú xiāng qīn Jǔ bēi yāo míngyuè Duì yǐng chéng sān rén Yuè jì bù jiě yǐn Yǐng tú suí wǒ shēn Zàn bàn yuè jiāng yǐng Xíng lè xū jí chūn Wǒ gē yuè pái huái wǒ wǔ yǐng líng luàn Xǐng shí tóng jiāo huān Zuì hòu gè fēn sàn Yǒng jié wú qíng yóu Xiāng qī miǎo Yún hàn

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: We have no clue as to where this poem was written, but it seems likely that it was on some secluded mountain retreat, perhaps Taibaishan.

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