Writing While Being Drunk Full of Elegant Characters, Arising I Notice What Has Been Done
题 醉 中 所 作 草 书 卷 后
胸 中 磊 落 藏 五 兵
欲 试 无 路 空 峥 嵘。
酒 为 旗 鼓 笔 刀 槊
势 从 天 落 银 河 倾。
端 溪 石 池 浓 作 墨
烛 光 相 射 飞 纵 横。
须 臾 收 卷 复 把 酒
如 见 万 里 烟 尘 清。
丈 夫 身 在 要 有 立
逆 虏 运 尽 行 当 平。
何 时 夜 出 五 原 寒
不 闻 人 语 闻 鞭 声。
Ti Zui Zhong Suo Zuo Cao Shu Juan Hou
Xiong zhong lei luo cang wu bing
Yu shi wu lu kong zheng rong.
Jiu wei qi gu bi dao shuo
Shi cong tian luo yin he qing.
Duan xi shi chi nong zuo mo
Zhu guang xiang she fei zong heng.
Xu yu shou juan fu ba jiu
Ru jian wan li yan chen qing.
Zhang fu shen zai yao you li
Ni lu yun jin xing dang ping.
He shi ye chu wu yuan han
Bu wen ren yu wen bian sheng.
Writing While Being Drunk Full of Elegant Characters, Arising I Notice What Has Been Done
From my heart, hidden plans to use the five weapons of war
Went to try, but these lofty and steep ideals without a pathway.
Wine makes me honor the flags and drums, while writing brushes are knives and spears
Follow the power of heaven along the Silver River.
Use small river rocks as a source to grind my ink
Bright candles glow, ink and emotions released and fly up from east to west.
After a minute, gather my scrolls and again hold more wine
Like seeing thousands of miles of clearing dust.
Men and their bodily strength have the necessary power
Enemy prisoners taken will equal our efforts.
When can we respect our exploits in the raw cold of Wu Yuan
Without saying a word they captured our enemies without the sounds of whips.
Notes:
Silver River: We call it the Milky Way.
Wu Yuan: Modern day Mongolia