Li Bai: Toast Mr. Cui Who Served in the Imperial Palace

 

[updated October 2022]

 

Toast Mr. Cui Who Served in the Imperial Palace

 

酬 崔 侍 御
严 陵 不 从 万 乘 游
归 卧 空 山 钓 碧 流。                                                                                            自 是 客 星 辞 帝 坐
元 非 太 白 醉 扬 州。

 

Chou Cui Shi Yu

Yan ling bu cong wan cheng you
Gui wo kong shan diao bi liu.                                                                                                  Zi shi ke xing ci di zuo
Yuan fei tai bai zui yang zhou.

 

Toast Mr. Cui Who Served in the Imperial Palace

Yan Ling did not follow the ten thousand four-horse war chariots
He returned to the empty mountains to fish in the blue-green currents.          I am like him, had to leave the imperial court for an indiscretion
Yours truly, the immortal from Venus, did not get drunk in Yangzhou.