Amidst the flowers a jug of wine, <br />I pour alone lacking companionship. <br />So raising the cup I invite the Moon, <br />Then turn to my shadow which makes three of us. <br />Because the Moon does not know how to drink, <br />My shadow merely follows the movement of my body. <br />The moon has brought the shadow to keep me company a while, <br />The practice of mirth should keep pace with spring. <br />I start a song and the moon begins to reel, <br />I rise and dance and the shadow moves grotesquely. <br />While I'm still conscious let's rejoice with one another, <br />After I'm drunk let each one go his way. <br />Let us bind ourselves for ever for passionless journeyings. <br />Let us swear to meet again far in the Milky Way.<br /><br />Li Po<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/amidst-the-flowers-a-jug-of-wine/
