From the Complete Anthology of Tang Bohu

(pen name of Tang Yin 唐寅, 6 March 1470 – 4 January 1524)

 

 

半醒半醉日復日

花開花落年復年

但愿老死花酒間

不愿鞠躬車馬前

Half sober, half drunk day after day

Flowers bloom, flowers fall year after year

Yet I’d willingly die among blossoms and booze

than hitched to the front of a horsecart