The Old Fisherman: 1 by Su Shih (Su Tung-p’o)

Where does the fisherman go for a drink
when his fish and his crabs are sold?
He never sets himself a limit: just keeps on drinking till he’s drunk,
and neither he nor the bartender totes up his tab.

translated by J.P. Seaton

2 thoughts on “The Old Fisherman: 1 by Su Shih (Su Tung-p’o)

  1. Now that is something I saw once in a village on the Mediterranean coast in France 54 years ago. There must be some unknown agreement between barmen and fishermen.

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