Can’t you see Yellow River’s water comes from the sky,

Rushes into the sea and never returns to the eye?

Can’t you see in the hall high,

You look into the mirror, bright,

Finding to your surprise,

In the morning your hair is silk black,

But in the evening it turns snow-white?

So, when in life you are successful,

You should enjoy yourself to the full,

And don’t let your golden goblet empty under moonlight.

God has given me talent, I should use it to my heart’s content.

More money will come to me when it is spent.

Cook a sheep, kill a cow, let us have a good time right now.

We should drink three hundred goblets without making a row.

Cen Fuzi, Dan Qiusheng,

Dear friends of mine, I drink you a toast,

Please drink to your utmost.

Let me sing you a song,

Please listen to me along:

Wealth and honours are nothing but junk,

I only wish to get drunk and never to be awake.

Since ancient times saints and sages have been obscure,

Only good drinkers remain famous, to be sure.

Once, Prince Chen gave a banquet at Temple Ping Le,

Spent ten thousand golden coins for a cask of liqueur

Just for happiness and joy.

Why should the host say money is too tight.

Call out the boy, with my gaudy steed and dear fur coat,

To buy some good wine,

And drink together with you to quench eternal grief and

To relieve a long-suppressed sigh.

译本二

Invitation to Wine

Li Bai

Tr. 许渊冲

Do you not see the Yellow River come from the sky,

Rushing into the sea and never come back?

Do you not see the mirrors bright in chambers high,

Grieve over your snow-white hair though once it was silk-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 a sheep and let us merry be,

And drink three hundred cupfuls of wine in high glee.

Dear friends of mine,

Cheer up, cheer up!

I invite you to wine.

Do not put down your cup!

I will sing you a song, please hear,

O hear! lend me a willing ear!

What difference will rare and costly dishes make?

I only want to get drunk and never to wake.

How many great men were forgotten through the ages?

But great drinkers are more famous than sober sages.

The Prince of Poets feasted in his palace at will,

Drank wine at ten thousand a cask and laughed his fill.

A host should not complain of money he is short,

To drink with you I will sell things of any sort.

My fur coat worth a thousand coins of gold

And my flower-dappled horse may be sold

To buy good wine that we may drown the woe age-old.

译本三

Do Drink Wine

Li Bai

Tr. 赵彦春

Don’t you espy

The Yellow River surge down from the sky;

Up to the sea it does tumble and flow.

Don’t you espy

To my white hair in the mirror I sigh,

That at dawn is black and at dusk turns snow.

Do enjoy life while in prime you run high;

Not to the moon just your empty cup ply.

So born by heaven we must be of use;

Spend all the money and more will come up.

Cook lamb, kill cattle just for joy profuse;

Do gulp down three hundred fills from your cup.

Cen, my teacher,

Dan Qiu, friend mine,

Don’t put down cups,

Do drink the wine.

I’ll sing you a song of cheer,

Please listen, prick up your ear.

Bells, drums and dainties are precious no more;

Drink ourselves drunk, ne’er sober, lying down.

Obscure are the sages and saints of yore,

Only drinkers can enjoy high renown.

At olden times Prince Chen held a great feast;

He drank barrels and barrels with no stall.

How can a host claim to have money least?

I shall buy more and drink up to you all.

Dapple equines,

Gold fur that shines.

Call our son to pawn them, buy wine, buy more,

With you I will drink off our age-long sore.

（图源：69ys.com）

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来源：大连外国语大学高级翻译学院

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