<Header>
<Author: 李白>
<Title: 月下獨酌四首 一>
<Format: 五言古詩>
<Year: 1929>
<BookName: The Jade Mountain: A Chinese Anthology>
<Translator: Witter Bynner>
<TranslatedTitle: DRINKING ALONE WITH THE MOON>
<BookPage: 59-60>
<UsedPage: 2>
<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>
From a pot of wine among the flowers
I drank alone. There was no one with me—
Till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon
To bring me my shadow and make us three.
Alas, the moon was unable to drink
And my shadow tagged me vacantly;
But still for a while I had these friends
To cheer me through the end of spring....
I sang. The moon encouraged me.
I danced. My shadow tumbled after.
As long as I knew, we were boon companions.
And then I was drunk, and we lost one another.
.... Shall goodwill ever be secure?
I watch the long road of the River of Stars.
<End Translation>