Lyrics by Li Bai, a Tang Dynasty Poet (translated, of course)
lyrics
down the blue mountain, in the evening
moonlight was my homeward escort
looking back, I saw my path lie in shadow
I was passing the farmhouse of a friend
when his children called from a gate of thorns
and led me twining through jade bamboo
where green vines caught and held my clothes
and I was glad of this chance to rest
and glad of this chance to drink with my friend
we sang to the tune of the wind in the pines
and we finished our songs as the stars went down
between us we forgot the world
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