8月23日

涼州詞
唐 王翰 ( 生卒年不詳 )

葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲飲琵琶馬上催；
醉臥沙場君莫笑，古來征戰幾人回。

──選自《全唐詩》

August 23

Song of Liangzhou
Wang Han (Years unknown, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

Delicious grape wine in cups that glow in the night,
Urgent summons of the pipa* come before we drink.
Shall we lay drunk on the battlefield, laugh not,
How many warriors have ever returned in the past?

── from Quan Tang Shi (Complete Collection of Tang Poems)