唐伯虎：不煉金丹不坐禪，饑來吃飯倦來眠。 Not heating up the tripod for the Elixir pill

《不煉金丹不坐禪》 明 • 唐伯虎

不煉金丹不坐禪，饑來吃飯倦來眠。

生涯畫筆兼詩筆，蹤跡花邊與柳邊。

 

鏡裏形骸春共老，燈前夫婦月同圓。
 

萬場快樂千場醉，世上閒人地上仙。

"NOT HEATING UP THE TRIPOD FOR THE ELIXIR PILL"
 

-- by Tang Bohu (Ming dynasty)

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Not heating up the tripod for the Elixir pill,
 

Nor doing deep meditation while sitting still --
 

I eat when I am hungry,
 

I go to bed when I'm sleepy.
 

All my life, my poetic brush draws paintings mellow;
 

I love admiring the beautiful Flower and the Willow.

Both the body and Spring grow old, in the mirror 'tis 

found;
 

Before the lamp, the husband and wife watch the Moon round.
 

Ten thousand rounds of utter happiness,
 

A thousand rounds of fuzzy drunkenness --
 

In this world, he who roams leisurely
 

Is surely an Earthly Deity!