花间一壶酒 独酌无相亲。 举杯邀明月 对影成三人。 月既不解饮 影徒随我身。 暂伴月将影 行乐须及春。 我歌月徘徊 我舞影凌乱。 醒时同交欢 醉后名分散。 永结无情游 相期邈云汉。
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Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), appears in 月下独酌：四首 (Drinking alone under the Moon: Four Poems), no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Harold Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968) , "Drinking Alone with the Moon", appears in The Jade Mountain, copyright © and by Kiang Kanghu (1883 - 1954) , "Drinking Alone with the Moon", appears in The Jade Mountain, copyright © ; composed by Lori F. Ardovino.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) , "Ensam drickande med månen", appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ; composed by Anna-Greta Rooth.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-26
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Word count: 14
From a pot of wine among the flowers [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with The Jade Mountain, translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu, compiled by Sun Zhu, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1929, p.59
Text Authorship:
- by Harold Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Drinking Alone with the Moon", appears in The Jade Mountain, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Kiang Kang-hu (1883 - 1954), "Drinking Alone with the Moon", appears in The Jade Mountain, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), appears in 月下独酌：四首 (Drinking alone under the Moon: Four Poems), no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Lori F. Ardovino (b. 1960), "Drinking With The Moon Alone", copyright © 2024 [ soprano, alto saxophone and piano ], from Drinking With The Moon Alone, no. 1, Potenza Music Publishing
Publisher: Potenza Music Publishing [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) , "Ensam drickande med månen", appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ; composed by Anna-Greta Rooth.
This text was added to the website: 2026-11-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 118