Ancient poems full of hope
1. Reward Lotte at the first banquet in Yangzhou
Tang Dynasty: Liu Yuxi
Bashanchu The water is desolate, abandoned for twenty-three years.
Nostalgically reciting the poems on the flute in the air, and when I go to the countryside to read it, I feel like a dead person.
Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees spring in front of the diseased trees.
Listen to a song of Junge today, and let me have a glass of wine for the time being.
Translation:
In the desolate place of Bashan and Chushui, I lived in silence for twenty-three years.
When I came back, things were different and people were different. I was like a bad person. I could only play the flute and compose poems, and I felt so melancholy.
Beside the sunken boat, thousands of sails are racing; in front of the diseased tree, thousands of trees are in spring.
Let me listen to you sing a song today and cheer me up with a glass of wine.
2. Touring Shanxi Village
Song Dynasty: Lu You
Mo Xiao’s farmhouse is full of wax and wine, and in good years there are enough chickens and dolphins for visitors.
The mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is no way out, and there is another village with dark willows and bright flowers.
The flutes and drums follow the spring society, and the clothes and clothes are simple and ancient.
From now on, if I am allowed to take advantage of the moonlight, I will knock on the door all the time and night with my stick.
Translation:
Don’t laugh at the turbid wine brewed by farmers in the twelfth lunar month. In the harvest years, the dishes for entertaining guests are very rich.
The mountains are overlapping and the water is twisting. I am worried that there is no way to go. Suddenly, another mountain village appears in front of me.
The day of playing the flute and playing the drum in the Spring Society is approaching, but the villagers still preserve the ancient custom of simple clothes.
If I can still take advantage of the beautiful moonlight to go out for leisure in the future, I will knock on your door at any time with a cane.
3. Wangyue
Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
How about Dai Zongfu? Qilu is still young.
The clock of creation is beautiful, and the yin and yang cut off the dawn.
Zeng Yun is born in the chest, and the returning bird enters the canthus.
You will be at the top of the mountain, and you will have a panoramic view of the mountains.
Translation:
How majestic is Mount Tai? Walking out of Qilu, you can still see the green peak.
The magical nature brings together thousands of beautiful scenery, with mountains to the south and north separating morning and dusk.
Layers of white clouds wash away the ravines in the chest; the returning birds fly into the eye sockets to enjoy the scenery.
You must climb to the top of Mount Tai to overlook the mountains and feel full of pride.
4. About to drink wine
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
If you don't see it, the water of the Yellow River will come up from the sky and rush to the sea never to return.
Don’t you see, the bright mirror in the high hall has sad white hair, and it looks like blue silk in the morning and turns to snow in the evening.
If you are proud of life, you must have all the fun, and don’t let the golden bottle stand empty against the moon.
I am born with talents that will be useful, and I will come back after all my money has been spent.
It is fun to cook sheep and slaughter cattle, and you will have to drink three hundred cups at a time.
Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, is about to drink wine, but don’t stop drinking.
A song with you, please listen to me.
The bells, drums, food and jade are not expensive, but I hope I will never wake up after being drunk for a long time.
Since ancient times, all the sages and sages were lonely, but only the drinkers left their names.
In the old days, King Chen used to have banquets, fights and banquets.
What does the master mean when you have less money? It is up to you to sell it.
The five-flowered horse and the golden fur will be exchanged for fine wine, and we will sell the eternal sorrow with you.
Translation:
Didn’t you see it? The water of the Yellow River seems to be pouring from the sky, and the waves roll straight to the East China Sea and never flow back.
Didn’t you see it? The elderly parents looked into the mirror and lamented the white hair on their head. It was still black hair in the morning but turned like snow in the evening.
When you are happy in life, you should enjoy the joy to the fullest, and don't let the golden cup face the bright moon empty without wine.
God has created my talents, so they must be useful. Even if I spend a thousand taels of gold, I can get it again.
Consider the cooking of lambs and slaughtering oxen a joyful thing, and drink three hundred cups of it happily if necessary.
Cen Xun, Yuan Danqiu, drink quickly, don’t stop.
I will sing you a song, please listen to me carefully.
The luxurious life of delicacies from mountains and seas is not considered precious. I just hope that I can live in a dream without waking up.
Since ancient times, sages have been lonely, and only those who know how to drink can leave a good reputation.
Chen Wang Cao Zhi held a banquet and was optimistic, drinking expensive wine and having fun.
Why do you say I don’t have much money? Just use the money to buy wine and drink together.
Expensive horses, expensive leather coats, call your son and exchange all these things for fine wine, let us eliminate this endless sorrow together!