贈孟浩然 李白

贈孟浩然      李白  (701- 762)

吾愛孟夫子，風流天下聞。
紅顏棄軒冕，白首臥松雲。
醉月頻中聖，迷花不事君。
高山安可仰，徒此揖清芬。

To Meng Haoran       Li Bai (701- 762)

Master Meng strikes me with admiration and awe,

A world acclaimed literatus cutting a figure of gracefully liberal and unconventional,
Forsaking since young the ambitions for pomposities and devoirs of the exulted officials,
Amidst pines and clouds all along he lays up in recluse till now he grows old,
He takes rank with all the great drinkers chronicled,
By the ravishing blooming blossoms he is captivated and abstains from serving His Majesty as a court official,
A giant mountain of a man he is as insurmountable as reverential,
To his dignified persona I could only remotely chant my eulogy of awe for his lofty personality ambrosial.