By the time the songs are finished, the stars in Heaven's River are few.

I am tipsy. My friend is continuously merry.

In fact, we are so exhilarated that we both forget this complicated machine, the world.


THE TERRACED ROAD OF THE TWO-EDGED SWORD MOUNTAINS

BY LI T'AI-PO

Looking South and straight from Hsien Yang for five thousand _li_,

One could see, among the full, blowing clouds, the rocky sharpness of peaks,

Were it not for the horizontal line of the Two-Edged Sword Mountains cutting across the view.