Birthday poem · September 24Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term: day and night are equal again.

Birthday poem card for September 24: “White Cloud Spring” by Bai Juyi. Birth character 波, wave.
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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: November 25

The poem

“White Cloud Spring” 白雲泉

  1. 天平山上白雲泉On Tianping Mountain there is White Cloud Spring;
  2. 雲自無心水自閑the clouds are carefree, the water at ease.
  3. 何必奔衝山下去Why must you rush down the mountain
  4. 更添波浪向人間to add more waves to the world of men?

Bai Juyi 白居易 · Tang dynasty · 772–846 · seven-character verse

English translation by Poetune.

Why this poem

Bai Juyi on White Cloud Spring, where cloud and water are both at ease.

This day in the Chinese calendar

Solar term: Autumn Equinox.

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