將進酒

      (唐朝）李白

君不見，黃河之水天上來，奔流到海不復回。

君不見，高堂明鏡悲白髮，朝如青絲暮成雪。

人生得意須盡歡，莫使金樽空對月。

天生我材必有用，千金散盡還復來。

烹羊宰牛且為樂，會須一飲三百杯。

岑夫子，丹丘生，將進酒，君莫停。

與君歌一曲，請君為我側耳聽。

鐘鼓饌玉不足貴，但願長醉不復醒。

古來聖賢皆寂寞，惟有飲者留其名。

陳王昔時宴平樂，斗酒十千恣歡謔。

主人何為言少錢，徑須沽取對君酌。

五花馬，千金裘，

呼兒將出換美酒，與爾同銷萬古愁。

英譯 by 沐嵐：

Don’t ye see?  

The water comes from the sky  roaring,

It is (that) the Yellow River runs in torrents  toward the sea and never returns.

Don’t ye see?

The aged parents look into the mirror sorrowing,

For their  hair black in the morning yet white in the evening?

Let's  enjoy the pleasure of life passionately, 

Never raise your golden goblets to the Moon empty. 

We're natural-born to achive great things,

For the gold that is gone we'll make it back again.

Butcher cattle, stew lambs,

To enjoy the beautiful feast, 

Shall we drink three hundred  cups.

Master Chen, Master Danqiu,

Keep drinking, no stopping,

And lend your ear to hear me singing:

Sumptuous banquet with bells and drums,

Cate as fancy as  gem and jade,

These are  nothing much to us,

Would that we could be drunken to death.

Sages and saints,  

They'd been forgotten and forsaken into oblivion, 

Only the great drinkers remained their name in tales:

Prince Chen feasted men  for revelry once, 

In his Peace-Joy Palace,

A keg of wine was worth ten thousand coins.

Why  our host complain of short of  coins?

Wouldn't thou just  purchase more cups so we could sip with thee,  

Here're a precious pinto and a furred-coat,

Worth a thousand of golden coins, 

Just call thy serving boy, to trade them for the best luscious wine, 

Let's drink to dispel the sadness of  ten thousand years.