Two Friends Drink Together Among the Secluded Mountains, Li Bai

Li Bai ("Li Po", 701-762 CE)
Two Friends Drink Together Among the Secluded Mountains (my translation)

Two men pour wine together, as mountain flowers open.
A cup, another cup, a cup yet again.
I'm drunk, and about to sleep; why don't you go for now?
Tomorrow, if you've a mind to, bring a lute and come again.


李白
山中與幽人對酌

兩人對酌山花開
一杯一杯復一杯
我醉欲眠卿且去
明朝有意抱琴來

Li Po
Drinking with a Friend, Among the Mountains

Together, we drink; the mountain flowers open.
A cup, a cup, and one more cup.
Drunk, I'd sleep; you go.
Tomorrow, come again: Do bring your lute.

 

Chinese Poetic Writing; Francois Cheng; Indiana U. Press: 1982.