[updated September 2022]
While Drunk, Send This As a Gift to Liu the Twenty-Eighth
醉 赠 刘 二 十 八 使 君
为 我 引 杯 添 酒 饮
与 君 把 箸 击 盘 歌。
诗 称 国 手 徒 为 尔
命 压 人 头 不 奈 何。
举 眼 风 光 长 寂 寞
满 朝 官 职 独 蹉 跎。
亦 知 合 被 才 名 折
二 十 三 年 折 太 多。
Zui Zeng Liu Er Shi Ba Shi Jun
Wei wo yin bei tian jiu yin
Yu jun ba zhu ji pan ge.
Shi chen guo shou tu wei er
Ming ya ren tou bu nai he.
Ju yan feng guang chang ji mo
Man zhao guan zhi du cuo tuo.
Yi zhi he bei cai ming she
Er shi san nian she tai duo.
While Drunk, Send This As a Gift to Liu the Twenty-Eighth
You became my guide to increase the cups while drinking wine
I can serenade for you a striking of chopsticks on a plate song.
Your poetry matches those who are best in our country, yet you go unnoticed
Your fate is to have to bow your head down.
The inner circles do not see your worth, while you remain silent and still
Alone at dawn idling away in government positions, not having dawn imperial audiences.
Together our names and talents have been broken up and tossed
But to endure these things for twenty-three years is too much.