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Art/Literary - Folklore | | Chinese term or phrase: 我舞影零亂 | | 我歌月徘徊，我舞影零亂。 - 醒時同交歡，醉後各分散。 |
| | | my shadow falters as I dance | Explanation:
The poet is already drunk, that why he saw 3 shadows when in fact he was drinking alone. Hence, as he dance disorientedly, his shadow will falter after his every move.
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3 hrs confidence:   I'm shadow dancing in disorder
Explanation:
looks like a song, so my rendering is a bit off the beaten track :)
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Note added at 3 horas (2007-11-12 13:20:11 GMT)
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just realised that it's a translation of a Li Bo's poem :)
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Note added at 3 horas (2007-11-12 13:22:44 GMT)
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so it should be: "I'm dancing, my shadows runs wild" :)
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4 hrs confidence: I danced. My shadow tumbled after.
Explanation:
李白 : 月下獨酌
花間一壺酒，獨酌無相親。 - 舉杯邀明月，對影成三人。
月既不解飲，影徒隨我身。 - 暫伴月將影，行樂須及春。
我歌月徘徊，我舞影零亂。 - 醒時同交歡，醉後各分散。
永結無情遊，相期邈雲漢。
Li Bai (701-762) "Drinking alone with the moon"
From a pot of wine among the flowers, I drank alone. There was no one with me --
Till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon To bring me my shadow and make us three.
Alas, the moon was unable to drink And my shadow tagged me vacantly;
But still for a while I had these friends To cheer me through the end of spring...
I sang. The moon encouraged me. I danced. My shadow tumbled after.
As long as I knew, we were boon companions. And then I was drunk, and we lost one another.
...Shall goodwill ever be secure? I watch the long road of the River of Stars.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-11-12 14:26:22 GMT)
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Reference: http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Poetry/tangshi.html
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| Mar 22, 2009 - Changes made by karcsy: | | Edited KOG entry | karcsy's old entry - "我舞影零亂" => "my shadow falters as I dance" | | Nov 21, 2007 - Changes made by karcsy: | | Created KOG entry | KudoZ term => KOG term | | Nov 12, 2007: | | Kudoz queue | In queue => Public |
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