"Drinking Alone under the Moon" Author: Li Bai
Interpretation: A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date. Raise your glass to invite the bright moon, and look at each other as three people. The moon doesn't know how to drink, and its shadow follows me. For now, the moon will be shadowed, and we must have fun until spring. My singing moon lingers, my dancing shadows are scattered. They make love together when they are awake, but they separate when they are drunk. We will travel together forever, and we will meet each other in Miao Yunhan.
"Drinking Alone under the Moon" by Li Bai
A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any blind date.
Toast a glass to the bright moon, and look at each other as three people.
The moon does not know how to drink, but its shadow follows me.
While the moon is about to be shadowed, we must have fun until spring.
My singing moon lingers, my dancing shadows are scattered.
They make love together when they are awake, but they separate when they are drunk.
We will travel together forever, and we will meet each other in Miao Yunhan.
Notes
1. Tao Yuanming's "Miscellaneous Poems": "If you want to say nothing, wave your cup to persuade the lonely shadow."
2. Drink alone: ??drink, drink. Refers to drinking alone.
3. Three people: refers to the figure under the moon, the figure in the wine and me. When it comes to the moon, the author and his figure, they are exactly three people.
4. Right: towards
5. Don’t understand: Don’t understand, don’t understand. Bu Jie Yin: Can't drink.
6. Disciple: in vain, in vain.
7. Will: and.
8 To enjoy yourself in spring: It means to enjoy yourself in time while taking advantage of the good times of spring.
September lingers: The moon lingers because of my song.
10. Date: date.
11. Miao (miao third tone): far away.
12. No blind date: no one close to you
13. Tu: in vain, in vain.
Translation:
I drink among the flowers, and I only get drunk after I get drunk. I make my own decisions. I have no relatives, no friends, and I am alone.
I raised my glass to invite the bright moon to drink. The bright moon, me and my shadow happened to form three people.
The moon cannot drink wine with me, and its shadow follows my body in vain.
With the moon and shadows for now, I should enjoy myself in time and take advantage of the good spring evening.
The moon hovers around me when I sing, and the shadows dance with me when I dance.
When we are sober, we can have fun and have fun, but when we are drunk, we will inevitably be separated.
Moon, I would like to form a friendship with you that will forever forget the world, and meet in the distant galaxy!
Explanation of poetry
Put a pot of fine wine among the flowers, and I drink it by myself, without any relatives or friends around me. Raise the cup to the sky, invite the bright moon, face my shadow, and we become three people. The bright moon cannot understand the joy of drinking and drinking, and its shadow can only silently follow me around. I have no choice but to stay with the bright moon and clear shadows for the time being, and take advantage of this beautiful scenery to have fun in time. I recite poems, the moon wanders with me, my hands and feet dance, and the shadows follow me. When I am awake, I share the joy with you. When I am drunk, I will never find you again. Let us form an eternal friendship and gather together in the vast sky one day.
Poem Appreciation
This poem was written about the third year of Tianbao (744), when Li Bai was in Chang'an. The poet writes about drinking alone among flowers and under the moonlight. The sentence "Three people are facing each other" is wonderfully conceived, expressing his lonely and bold feelings. "Li's Poems Direct Interpretation": "Drinking alone against the moon, enjoying yourself with openness and optimism." Fu Gengsheng's "Chinese Literature Appreciation Examples": "There is wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any relatives; although there are no relatives, inviting the moon and its shadow, it is like this Three people; although they are like three people, the moon does not drink, and the shadow is with them; although they do not drink, they can be companions, and although they are only with them, they can enjoy themselves in time, how can the moon linger, like listening to songs; It's chaotic, like dancing together. When we wake up, we are together, but when we are drunk, we are separated; when we are together, it seems to be heartless, but our love is eternal; when Yun and Han meet each other, they are soothing and drinking alone. This poem turns one step at a time, and the more it turns, the more strange it is. He is a prodigy from his sect, so he may not be able to listen through hard work."