Sunthorn Phu สุนทรภู่
poet · Siam · 1786–1855
A poet of Siam, now Thailand. Born a commoner, he made his name at court by his verse, was jailed after drink and a quarrel, and when the king changed lost his post and wandered as a monk. In those years he wrote poems of his journeys by boat to temples.
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c. 1828 · Written as his boat passed a distillery, right after he repents of the shame drink had brought him.
I am no longer drunk on liquor, yet I am still drunk on love; try as I may, how am I to hold back my heart? Drunkenness from liquor is gone by mid-morning, but this drunkenness of the heart is with me every night.
ไม่เมาเหล้าแล้วแต่เรายังเมารัก สุดจะหักห้ามจิตคิดไฉน ถึงเมาเหล้าเช้าสายก็หายไป แต่เมาใจนี้ประจำทุกค่ำคืน
Nirat Phukhao Thong (Journey to the Golden Mount)
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