The Solitude of Night (Li Bai)

 It was at a wine party—

I lay in a drowse, knowing it not.

The blown flowers fell and filled my lap.

When I arose, still drunken,

The birds had all gone to their nests,

And there remained but few of my comrades.

I went along the river—alone in the moonlight.

. . .

Li Bai (Li Po, Li Pai) (701-762) Tang Dynasty Chinese Poet

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Translated by Shigeyoshi Obata

The solitude of night by Li Bai. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved November 4, 2022, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52535/the-solitude-of-night