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Drinking Alone Under the Moon 月下独酌

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ID: PP0004 Poems with Pete
Today on Poems with Pete, we're looking at "Drinking Alone Under the Moon--月下独酌” by the Tang master Lǐ Bái (李白）. It's about loneliness and companionship, and the way alcohol blurs the line between the two. Check out more than thirty English translations here. And you can listen to many different readings, in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese here.
Tue Feb 10 2009 | Pete
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