<Header>
<Author: 李白>
<Title: 月下獨酌四首 一>
<Format: 五言古詩>
<Year: 1921>
<BookName: FIR-FLOWER TABLETS>
<Translator: FLORENCE AYSCOUGH>
<TranslatedTitle: DRINKING ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT I>
<BookPage: 39>
<UsedPage: 1>
<Feature: 0>
<End Header>
<Poem>
花間一壺酒，
獨酌無相親。
舉杯邀明月，
對影成三人。
月既不解飲，
影徒隨我身。
暫伴月將影，
行樂須及春。
我歌月裴回，
我舞影零亂。
醒時同交歡，
醉後各分散。
永結無情遊，
相期邈雲漢。
<End Poem>
<Translation>
A POT of wine among flowers.
I alone, drinking, without a companion.
I lift the cup and invite the bright moon.
My shadow opposite certainly makes us three.
But the moon cannot drink,
And my shadow follows the motions of my body in vain.
For the briefest time are the moon and my shadow my com-panions.
Oh, be joyful! One must make the most of Spring.
I sing—the moon walks forward rhythmically;
I dance, and my shadow shatters and becomes confused.
In my waking moments, we are happily blended.
When I am drunk, we are divided from one another and scattered.
For a long time I shall be obliged to wander without in-tention;
But we will keep our appointment by the far-off Cloudy River.
<End Translation>