English Rendering
When did the moon first come on high?
I stop drinking to ask the sky.
The moon's beyond the reach of man;
It follows us where'er it can.
Like mirror bright o'er palace wall,
When clouds disperse, it's seen by all.
At night, it rises out of the sea;
At dawn, who knows where it can be?
Jade Hare is not companion boon
For lonely Goddess of the Moon.
We see the ancient moon no more,
But it has shone on men of yore.
Like flowing stream, they passed away；
They saw the moon as we do today.
I only wish when I drink wine,
Moonlight dissolve in goblet mine.
