Li Po's 'Bringing in the Wine' — Celebrating Nature and Joy 🍶

See how the Yellow River's water move out of heaven. <br />Entering the ocean,never to return. <br />See how lovely locks in bright mirrors in high chambers, <br />Though silken-black at morning, have changed by night to snow. <br />... Oh, let a man of spirit venture where he pleases <br />And never tip his golden cup empty toward the moon! <br />Since heaven gave the talent, let it be employed! <br />Spin a thousand of pieces of silver, all of them come back! <br />Cook a sheep, kill a cow, whet the appetite, <br />And make me, of three hundred bowls, one long drink! <br />... To the old master, Tsen, <br />And the young scholar, Tan-chiu, <br />Bring in the wine! <br />Let your cups never rest! <br />Let me sing you a song! <br />Let your ears attend! <br />What are bell and drum, rare dishes and treasure? <br />Let me br forever drunk and never come to reason! <br />Sober men of olden days and sages are forgotten, <br />And only the great drinkers are famous for all time. <br />... Prince Chen paid at a banquet in the Palace of Perfection <br />Ten thousand coins for a cask of wine, with many a laugh and quip. <br />Why say, my host, that your money is gone? <br />Go and buy wine and we'll drink it together! <br />My flower-dappled horse, <br />My furs worth a thousand, <br />Hand them to the boy to exchange for good wine, <br />And we'll drown away the woes of ten thousand generation!<br /><br />Li Po<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bringing-in-the-wine/