“月下獨酌”

花間一壺酒，
獨酌無相親；
舉杯邀明月，
對影成三人。
月既不解飲，
影徒隨我身；
暫伴月將影，
行樂須及春。
我歌月徘徊，
我舞影零亂；
醒時同交歡，
醉後各分散。
永結無情遊，

Now for my rendition….

I take a bottle of wine
In the bowers where no companion’s mine.
Raising a cup to the moon;
that’s two of us,
and my shadow joins soon.
We companions are always three:
my shadow,
the moon,
and simply me.
I sing, the moon encourages me.
l dance, my shadow follows me.
This lonesomeness I’ve always known,
in the bowers where this life turns cold.
When tonight our wine is done,
we part ways one by one.
Sojourning without a care,
my shadow,
the moon
and me.