頭痛牙疼三日臥，
妻看煎藥婢來扶。
今朝似校擡頭語，
先問南鄰有酒無。
With a headache and tooth pain [I] spent three days in bed,
[My] wife looking after [me,] brewing medicine, [our] maid helping [me] sit up.
Feeling better this morning [I] raise my head to speak,
Asking first if [my] neighbour in the south can spare some wine. [1]
* From Bai Juyi 白居易 (772-846), Bai Juyi ji 白居易集 (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1979), 33.747.
[1] Bai Juyi is probably mocking himself as a hopeless tippler, but it is also worth noting that alcohol is often used in dental treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.
"Jiuxin xuepu" 酒馨雪圃 (Offering Fragrant Wine in a Snowy Orchard), album leaf by Dai Quheng 戴衢亨 (1755-1811)
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