孟浩然: 宴梅道士房/ meng haoran: at a banquet in the house of the taoist priest mei

宴梅道士房

孟浩然

林卧愁春尽， 开轩览物华。

忽逢青鸟使， 邀入赤松家。

丹灶初开火， 仙桃正发花。

童颜若可驻， 何惜醉流霞。

　

at a banquet in the house of the taoist priest mei

meng haoran

in my bed among the woods, grieving that spring must end,

i lifted up the curtain on a pathway of flowers,

and a flashing bluebird bade me come

to the dwelling-place of the red pine genie.

...what a flame for his golden crucible --

peach-trees magical with buds ! --

and for holding boyhood in his face,

the rosy-flowing wine of clouds!