English Rendering
For thirsty souls are you still brewing
Good wine of Old Spring,Master Ji?
In underworld are you not ruing
To lose a connoisseur like me?
Elegy on Master Brewer Ji of Xuanchen
- Poetry of Li Bai (Li Po)
《哭宣城善酿纪叟》
Original Text (中文原文)
纪叟黄泉里，还应酿老春。
夜台无晓日，沽酒与何人？
Analysis & Context
Xuanchen, in present-day Anhui Province.
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