by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944)

前有一樽酒行二首
Language: Chinese (中文) 
Our translations:  ENG
春风东来忽相过，
金樽渌酒生微波。
落花纷纷稍觉多，
美人欲醉朱颜酡。
青轩桃李能几何？
流光欺人忽蹉跎。
君起舞，日西夕。
当年意气不肯平，
白发如丝叹何益。

(琴奏龙门之绿桐，
玉壶美酒清若空。
催弦拂柱与君饮， 
看朱成碧颜始红。
胡姬貌如花，
当垆笑春风。
笑春风, 舞罗衣，
君今不醉将安归？)

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  • ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Two Poems – A Bottle of Wine in Front of Us", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-16
Line count: 17
Word count: 18

Beim Wein
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Der Lenzwind weht von Osten her
Und weht vorüber schnelle.
Im goldnen Krug der klare Wein
Rillt sich in feinem Gewelle.
Unzählbar schneien mehr und mehr
Herab viel zarte Blüten;
Ganz trunken sitzt das schöne Kind
Mit Wangen tief erglühten.
Am blauen Vordach, wie lange noch,
Blühn Pfirsich da und Pflaume,
O denk daran, wie kurze Frist
Gegönnt dem lichten Schaume.
Freunde, nun tanzet munter;
Bald geht die Sonne unter.
Wer bis zur Neige nicht
Die Lust genießt in jungen Jahren,
Der seufzt dereinst: Was soll es all'
In faden weißen Haaren?

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 92