Su Dongpo: In the Rain Drinking With Mr. Mo

 

In the Rain Drinking on the Lake With Mr. Mo, We Were Same Year Graduates

 

与 莫 同 年 雨 中 饮 湖 上
到 处 相 逢 是 偶 然
梦 中 相 对 名 华 颠。
还 来 一 醉 西 湖 雨
不 见 跳 珠 十 五 年。
Yu Mo Tong Nian Yu Zhong Yin Hu Shang

Dao chu xiang feng shi ou ran
Meng zhong xiang dui ming hua dian.
Huan lai yi zui xi hu yu
Bu jian tiao zhu shi wu nian.

 

In the Rain Drinking on the Lake With Mr. Mo, We Were Same Year Graduates

By accident we meet again and again
Like a dream of each other, we both have white hair.
Coming back to West Lake, went to go get drunk in the rain
For fifteen years did not see the drops bounce like pearls.

 

Notes:

West Lake:  Famous lake and now national park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.