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Alone And Drinking Under The Moon
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Amongst the flowers I
am alone with my pot of wine
drinking by myself; then lifting
my cup I asked the moon
to drink with me, its reflection
and mine in the wine cup, just
the three of us; then I sigh
for the moon cannot drink,
and my shadow goes emptily along
with me never saying a word;
with no other friends here, I can
but use these two for company;
in the time of happiness, I
too must be happy with all
around me; I sit and sing
and it is as if the moon
accompanies me; then if I
dance, it is my shadow that
dances along with me; while
still not drunk, I am glad
to make the moon and my shadow
into friends, but then when
I have drunk too much, we
all part; yet these are
friends I can always count on
these who have no emotion
whatsoever; I hope that one day
we three will meet again,
deep in the Milky Way.
Li Po
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Milica Franchi de Luri
(9/11/2009 4:03:00 PM) |
like all alcoholics, happy to be alone as longer he is in a company of the bottle.......
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Bill Thomas
(3/30/2009 3:04:00 AM) |
Great poem, one of my all-time faves... have a look at my version, 'Off His Face in the Flower Border' if you like.
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Mamta Agarwal
(3/18/2009 6:05:00 AM) |
a lone, and drinking under the moon- full of pathos, however its great souls who find meaning in life even when desolate and connect with celestial kins
mamta
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Is It poetry
(12/19/2008 7:29:00 PM) |
Ha...believe it or not she was one of my firsts.A real.lovly..great beyond belief every one needs to get off of the old alcoholic drugs bipolar bla bla bla, ,) it(s what made them all great...pain..depression and more pain...and seeing you suffer cause you aint got) it(..lol
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palas kumar ray
(12/19/2008 9:57:00 AM) |
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Wonderful poetry from the very ancient poet.How nice it is to be with such silent friends.We should better not be aprat from them and contnue to meet them again & again.
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D. P. Pluto
(4/8/2008 7:51:00 PM) |
r.e. Nunnyafu Ckinbidness's allegations that Li Po has plagiarized Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem 'Mr. Flood's Party', he should read up on his ancient Chinese poets. Li Po lived from 701 - 762 C.E. E. A. Robinson lived from 1869 - 1935. If either poem is derivative of the other, it is Robinson's work.
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Anjali Mandokhot
(12/19/2007 11:21:00 PM) |
lovely write......moon is such a great companion.....one can jus imagine it to be nyone one misses
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Nunyafu Ckinbidness
(12/19/2007 8:43:00 PM) |
Meh. It's been done.
http: //www.web-books.com/Classics/Poetry/anthology/Robinson_E/MrFlood.htm
Plagarismo!
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