I take my wine jug out among the flowers <br />to drink alone, without friends. <br /> <br />I raise my cup to entice the moon. <br />That, and my shadow, makes us three. <br /> <br />But the moon doesn't drink, <br />and my shadow silently follows. <br /> <br />I will travel with moon and shadow, <br />happy to the end of spring. <br /> <br />When I sing, the moon dances. <br />When I dance, my shadow dances, too. <br /> <br />We share life's joys when sober. <br />Drunk, each goes a separate way. <br /> <br />Constant friends, although we wander, <br />we'll meet again in the Milky Way. <br /> <br /> Li T'ai-po <br /> tr. Hamil<br /><br />Li Po<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/drinking-alone/
