Hey, the moon’s been hungover

看，这一轮明月

three nights

与你对饮之后

after drinking with you!

已在天顶高挂三夜。

躺在它的背后，

Look at it

看这苍白的物体

lying on its back, pale thing,

头上已无一丝牵挂！

the top of its head completely gone!

当它把一条腿

踩在白云的地毯上，

It’s got one foot

大地正在倾斜。

on a carpet of clouds

而那潮水

but the earth’s still tilting.

此刻也不再涨落，

虽说本该如此。

Now the tides

不要举杯邀它下来！

won’t high and low

也不要宣你的酒令！

when they’re supposed to.

Don’t raise your jar to coax it down!

Don’t sing your tavern songs!

The tree frogs and coyotes

have fallen mute. Cranes

go off in the wrong direction

and in the grass there is no dew

to soak the lovers’ clothing –

they pull it on too soon!