Birthday poem · May 1Grain Rain, the 6th solar term: more rain, good for the young crops.
Birth character
玉 yù · jade
玉 is a picture of jade pieces on a string; it means jade.
碧玉妝成一樹高
“The slender beauty's dressed in emerald all about” — He Zhizhang, ‘Ode to the Willow’
The poem
“Song of Pure Peace” 清平調 其一
- 雲想衣裳花想容Clouds long to be her robes, flowers to be her face;
- 春風拂檻露華濃the spring wind brushes the railing, the dew lies thick and bright.
- 若非群玉山頭見If I don't see her on the peak of Jade Mountain,
- 會向瑤臺月下逢I'll meet her under the moon at the Jasper Terrace.
Why this poem
Li Bai for Lady Yang: "clouds call to mind her clothes, flowers her face". Peony season.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain Rain.