Bring in the Wine Li Bai Do you not see the Yellow River come from the sky,Rushing into the sea and ne’er come back?Do you not see the mirrors bright in chambers high,Grieve o’er your snow-white hair though once it was black? When hopes are won, oh! Drink your fill in high delight,And never leave your wine-cup empty in moonlight!Heaven has made us talents, we’re not made in vain.A thousand gold coins spent, more will turn up again. Kill a cow, cook sheep, let us make merry,We shall drink three hundred cups at one time! Master Cen, Mr. Dan,Bring in the wine! Let your cups never rest!Let me sing you a song, let your ears attend! Bell and drum and feasts of fine food are not worth praise;I only seek to be drunk all my days.Sages and saints of old are all forgotten,Only great drinkers leave their names unforgotten. Once, when Prince Chen feasted in Ping-le Hall,Ten thousand cups of wine he drank in one day’s brawl.Why say my purse is empty?Go buy more wine and we’ll drink together free! My horse worth a thousand taels,My fur coat worth ten thousand taels,Call the boy to sell them both for wine,That we may drown eternal sorrow in wine!
