Birthday poem · September 4End of Heat, the 14th solar term: the summer heat eases.
Birth character
波 bō · wave
波 combines 水 "water" with 皮 as a sound element; it means a wave.
水是眼波橫
“The water is the sideways glance of her eyes” — Wang Guan, ‘Bu Suan Zi: Farewell’
Other dates with this poem: January 13
The poem
“Seeing Off Censor Chai” 送柴侍御
- 沅水通波接武岡The Yuan River's waves flow on to Wugang;
- 送君不覺有離傷seeing you off, I feel no pain of parting.
- 青山一道同雲雨One line of blue hills shares the same cloud and rain;
- 明月何曾是兩鄕when was the bright moon ever two places apart?
Why this poem
Wang Changling sees a friend off: both places share one moon.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: End of Heat.