1. O rising moon so bright
O slender branch upright

2. The tavern keeper calls, arise
Let's go where wineAuthorized

3. Forget not pleasures sweet
On such a rainy day

4. The meadow clothed in brocade
With lances, tents, and cavalry

5. Its trees and gentle breeze
Like censers full of myrrh

6. Its blossoms like the stars
Its buds like pearly drops

7. The birds in every corner
With melodies confer

8. Make haste then to the gold
Refined by press of youth

9. Till like a prisoner's tear
It shines on him held captive

10. Bubbles like legs of deer
On goblets like a vapor

11. Leave little things their place
And rather seek the great

12. Where roses bloom like cheeks
And fruits like rubies gleam

13. If you know I keep night's hours
Experience betimes

14. You may gain happiness
By heeding wisdom's rhymes