春江潮水连海平，
海上明月共潮生。
In Spring the river rises as high as the sea.
And with the river’s tide uprises the moon bright.
——张若虚•春江花月夜
The Moon over the River on a Spring Night

明月几时有？
把酒问青天。
How long will the full moon appear?
Wine cup in hand, I ask the sky.
——苏轼•水调歌头
Prelude to Water Melody

不知细叶谁裁出，
二月春风似剪刀。
But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out?
The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.
——贺知章•咏柳
The Willow

人间四月芳菲尽，
山寺桃花始盛开。
All flowers in late spring have fallen far and wide.
But peach blossoms are full-blown on this mountainside.
——白居易•大林寺桃花
Peach Blossoms in the Temple of Great Forest

可怜九月初三夜，
露似真珠月似弓。
How I love the third night of the ninth moon aglow!
The dewdrops look like pearls, the crescent like a bow.
——白居易•暮江吟
Sunset and Moonrise on the River
拟把疏狂图一醉，

对酒当歌，
强乐还无味。
I’d drown in wine my parting grief;
Chanting before the cup, strained mirth brings no relief.
——柳永•蝶恋花
Butterflies in Love with Flowers

酒债寻常行处有，
人生七十古来稀。
In every wine shop I have a debt to pay;
It’s rare to live in seventy since olden day
——杜甫•曲江二首（其二）
The Winding River

金樽清酒斗十千，
玉盘珍羞直万钱。
Pure wine in golden cup costs ten thousand coins, good!
Choice dish in a jade plate is worth as much, nice food!
——杜甫•行路难
Hard Is the Way of the World

艰难苦恨繁霜鬓，
潦倒新停浊酒杯。
Living in times so hard, at frosted hair I pine;
Cast down by poverty, I have to give up wine,
——杜甫•登高
On The Height

岑夫子，丹丘生，
将进酒，杯莫停。
Dear friends of Mine,
Cheer up, cheer up!
I invite you to wine.
Do not put down your cup!

陈王昔时宴平乐，
斗酒十千恣欢谑。
The Prince of Poets feast’d in his palace at will.
Drank wine at ten thousand a cask and laughed his fill.

五花马，千金裘，
呼儿将出换美酒，
与尔同消万古愁。
My fur coat worth a thousand coins of gold.
And my flower-dappled horse may be sold.
To buy good wine that we may drown the woes age-old.
——李白•将进酒
Invitation to Wine