Bland

There are other things in the poem and you need "imagination" to enjoy it. (Ha, you said it yourself). But in your version, the spirit of poem is completely missing.  I know I am not a poet, but I simply don't feel the wonderful beauty in the Chinese version in this translation.  It is lost.

Let's drink good wine till  the point of being tipsy. (You translate what to do, but losing the reason. Yeah, and then what?)
As to watch  flowers till they are half bloomy. (same thing, yeah, and then what?)


Just a thought. (I guess I start annoying people by saying this. )

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• Why is it missing? -hammerheadshark- ♀ (387 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 09:38:51

• fair enough -hammerheadshark- ♀ (382 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 09:57:52

• I know. -hammerheadshark- ♀ (225 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 10:15:56

• And why he did what he did? -hammerheadshark- ♀ (166 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 09:44:10

• Relax. -hammerheadshark- ♀ (131 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 10:06:10

• :) You know me, since day one I was here. -hammerheadshark- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 13:33:10

• You're right. It states an attitude, also being a kind of life p -SanGabriel- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 10:36:19

• Explore for beautiful moments in your life and enjoy them! -SanGabriel- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 11:22:10