by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)

對酒
Language: Chinese (中文) 
勸君莫拒杯，
春風笑人來。
桃李如舊識，
傾花向我開。
流鶯啼碧樹，
明月窺金罍。
昨日朱顏子，
今日白髮催。
棘生石虎殿，
鹿走姑蘇臺。
自古帝王宅，
城闕閉黃埃。
君若不飲酒，
昔人安在哉。

Confirmed with Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.). Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems), Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985.


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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928) , "Singende Gespenster" ; composed by Kurt Brüggemann.

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