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by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)

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?)

Text Authorship:

  • by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "前有一樽酒行二首" [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):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971) [an adaptation] ; composed by Jacob Avshalomov, Kareem Roustom.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Julius Weismann.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944) ; composed by Alfred Bortz.
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  • Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Romeo Salinas , "Ante el Vino de Mi Copa", appears in Poesías de la Antigua China ; composed by Susana E. Oliveto.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • 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


Researcher for this page: Fan Yang

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

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