To My Own Devices (by Li Bai)

Facing the jug

Oblivious to the night

How the petals have fallen

To fill up my gown

Drunken I rise

And stumble towards

The light of the moon upstream

With the birds so far away

And people so few

And far between

自遣

李白

对酒不觉暝

落花盈我衣

醉起步溪月

鸟还人亦稀

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Addendum: Counting the Blossoms

Last night

Sitting up late

Drinking red wine

With Li Bai

This morning looking

At the lawn hungover
I wondered just how

Many petals it took
To fill up his gown