世閒の遊びの道に樂しきは醉ひ泣きするにあるべくあるらし
yo nö naka no
Out in the world
Said to come from the eyes of whales in Chinese legend.
夜光る玉といふとも酒飮みて心を遣るにあにしかめやも
yoru pikaru
Night shining and
價なき寶といふとも一杯の濁れる酒にあにまさめやも
atapinaki
Priceless
あな醜賢しらをすと酒飮まぬ人をよく見ば猿にかも似む
ana miniku
Oh, how ugly!
A reference to a Wu Dynasty (222 – 280) story of a drinker who wanted to be turned into clay, that he might be reborn as a wine-jar.
なかなかに人とあらずは酒壺になりにてしかも酒に染みなむ
nakanaka ni
I’ll not be a manwine jar
言はむすべ爲むすべ知らず極まりて貴きものは酒にしあるらし
ipamu sube
What to say and
賢しみと物言ふよりは酒飮みて醉ひ泣きするしまさりたるらし
sakasimi tö
Rather than
A reference to the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, a group of Daoist philosophers from the Western Chin Dynasty (265 – 317), who were renowned for their drinking, as well as their world-rejecting philosophy.
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