Abstaining from Wine
止酒
With my humble cottage near the town，
I live at leisure and without a frown.
I take a seat below the mighty trees
Or take a walk within the fence at ease.
居止次城邑，逍遥自闲止。
坐止高荫下，步止荜门里。
The best cuisine comes from the garden greens;
My kids provide the most amusing scenes.
All my life I never give up wine
Because no drinking is a dismal sign.
好味止园葵，大懽止稚子。
平生不止酒，止酒情无喜。
I'll hate to go to bed when it is night
And hate to rise from bed when day is bright.
Day by day I try to give up wine,
But am afraid my health will thus decline.
暮止不安寝，晨止不能起。
日日欲止之，营卫止不理。
I only know that wine keeps me in mood,
But never think that wine does me no good.
Now that I know what is the correct way,
I，ll give up wine indeed right from today.
徒知止不乐，未知止利己。
始觉止为善，今朝真止矣。
I shall abstain from wine as my demand
Until I reach the real immortal land.
Could I look younger than it now appears,
I'd keep from drinking for a thousand years.
从此一止去，将止扶桑涘。
清颜止宿容，奚止千万祀。