葡萄美酒夜光杯
欲飲琵琶馬上催
醉卧沙場君莫笑
古來征戰幾人回
A grape-wine so fine, a cup that gleams at night,
To drink on I’d love, but for the summons to fight.
Sneer not, O jeer not, if in battle, drunken, I lie,
How many, we soldiers, ever came home all right?
SONG OF LIANGZHOU - WANG HAN