"I could have been a great immortal, but I loved wine too much."

"When I sing, the moon dances. When I dance, my shadow dances, too. We share life's joys when sober. Drunk, each goes a separate way. Constant friends, although we wander, we'll meet again in the Milky…"

"The earth is the cup of the river, and heaven the moon’s mirror."

"I lift my goblet to melt away sorrow, but sorrow continues in sorrow."

"Flying waters descending straight three thousand feet, Till I think the Milky Way has tumbled from the ninth height of Heaven."