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Li Qingzhao 李清照

c. 1100 · Song China

I often remember that sunset at the pavilion by the stream, so drunk I did not know the way home. The fun spent, I turned the boat back late and strayed deep among the lotus flowers. How to get through, how to get through? I startled up a whole sandbank of gulls and egrets.

常記溪亭日暮,沈醉不知歸路。 興盡晚回舟,誤入藕花深處。 爭渡,爭渡,驚起一灘鷗鷺。

To the tune "As in a Dream"

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Xin Qiji 辛棄疾

late 12th century · Song China

Last night I fell down drunk beside the pine and asked the pine, "How drunk am I?" I thought the pine was moving to come and hold me up, so I pushed it with my hand and said, "Go away!"

昨夜松邊醉倒,問松我醉何如。 只疑松動要來扶,以手推松曰去。

To the tune "West River Moon": letting my feelings out

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Su Shi 蘇軾

1082 · Song China

Drinking at night on the East Slope, I sobered and got drunk again. When I came home it seemed about the third watch. The houseboy's snoring was already like thunder. I knocked at the gate and no one answered, so I leaned on my staff and listened to the river.

夜飲東坡醒復醉,歸來仿佛三更。 家童鼻息已雷鳴。敲門都不應,倚杖聽江聲。

To the tune "Immortal by the River": returning to Lingao at night

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