Down Zhongnan Mountain to the Kind Pillow and Bowl of Husi
- Poetry of Li Bai (Li Po)

《下终南山过斛斯山人宿置酒》
Down Zhongnan Mountain to the Kind Pillow and Bowl of Husi by Li Bai (Li Po)
中文原文( Chinese )

暮从碧山下， 山月随人归；

却顾所來径， 苍苍横翠微。

相携及田家， 童稚开荆扉；

綠竹入幽径， 青蘿拂行衣。

欢言得所憩， 美酒聊共挥；

长歌吟松风， 曲尽河星稀。

我醉君復樂， 陶然共忘机。

English Translation

Down the blue mountain in the evening,

Moonlight was my homeward escort.

Looking back, I saw my path

Lie in levels of deep shadow....

I was passing the farm-house of a friend,

When his children called from a gate of thorn

And led me twining through jade bamboos

Where green vines caught and held my clothes.

And I was glad of a chance to rest

And glad of a chance to drink with my friend....

We sang to the tune of the wind in the pines;

And we finished our songs as the stars went down,

When, I being drunk and my friend more than happy,

Between us we forgot the world.

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