紫泥杯裏泛流霞,待問吾生可有涯?
杯自殷勤來勸我:“君如不飲負韶華”。
注:○流霞:泛言美酒。庾信 《卫王赠桑落酒奉答》诗:“愁人坐狭邪,喜得送流霞。”○有涯:《莊子·養生主》:“吾生也有涯。”譯原文“吾生之奧旨”。
Then to the Lip of this poor earthen Urn
I lean'd, the Secret of my Life to learn:
And Lip to Lip it murmur'd——"While you live,
"Drink!——for, once dead, you never shall return."