From the Complete Anthology of Tang Bohu
(pen name of Tang Yin 唐寅, 6 March 1470 – 4 January 1524)
半醒半醉日復日
花開花落年復年
但愿老死花酒間
不愿鞠躬車馬前
Half sober, half drunk day after day
Flowers bloom, flowers fall year after year
Yet I’d willingly die among blossoms and booze
than hitched to the front of a horsecart