Birthday poem · May 7Start of Summer, the 7th solar term: summer begins.
Birth character
晴 qíng · clear sky
晴 combines 日 "sun" with 青 as a sound element; it means the sky clearing after rain.
晴空一鶴排雲上
“On a fine day a crane cleaves the clouds and soars high” — Liu Yuxi, ‘Autumn Song’
Other dates with this poem: February 20
The poem
“Bamboo Branch Song” 竹枝詞
- 楊柳青青江水平Willows green, green, the river water level;
- 聞郎江上唱歌聲I hear my sweetheart singing on the river.
- 東邊日出西邊雨Sun rising in the east, rain in the west —
- 道是無晴却有晴you'd say it isn't clear, and yet it's clear.
Why this poem
Liu Yuxi in folk-song style; "clear weather" (qing) puns on "love" (qing).
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Summer.