1. "About Wine" - Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
Original text: I am born with talents that will be useful, and I will come back after all my gold is gone.
Translation: Everyone’s birth must have its own value and meaning. Even if a thousand taels of gold (even if) are used up in one swipe, it can still be obtained again.
2. "Crossing the Lingding Ocean" - Wen Tianxiang (Song Dynasty)
Original text: Since ancient times, no one has died, leaving a loyal heart to illuminate history.
Translation: Who has been able to live forever since ancient times? I want to leave a piece of patriotic loyalty reflected in the annals of history.
3. "Hollyhock Flower Song" - Cen Shen (Tang Dynasty)
Original text: You can't grow young in life, so don't waste the money you spend on drinking at the bedside.
Translation: You can’t always be young in your life, so don’t regret the money on your bedside.
4. "In the past, there was a song "Mo Nuo Weng", so I changed it to "Weng Mo Nuo" to make people laugh" - Yu Qian (Ming Dynasty)
Original text: The flowers are not always beautiful and the moon is not always round. Everything in the world has its ups and downs, but life is peaceful and long.
Translation: Flowers cannot always bloom, the moon cannot always be round, everything in the world has a process of rise and fall, and life cannot always live in a carefree youth.