[updated September 2022]
Ask Liu the Nineteenth
问 刘 十 九
绿 蚁 新 醅 酒
红 泥 小 火 炉。 晚 来 天 欲 雪
能 饮 一 杯 无？
Wen Liu Shi Jiu
Lu yi xin pei jiu
Hong ni xiao huo lu. Wan lai tian yu xue
Neng yin yi bei wu?
Ask Liu Nineteenth
Fresh, unfiltered green-ant wine
Warmed on a small, red brick stove. Evening arrives, the sky expecting snow
No matter what, can we drink one cup?
Notes:
Liu the Nineteenth: A friend of Bai. Nineteenth means that he is the nineteenth male to be born in his extended family.
Green-ant wine: A rice and yeast fermented wine that has small rice pieces floating on the top. According to some, these pieces remind them of small ant eggs.