Birthday poem · December 25Christmas Day, in the Winter Solstice period.

Birth character

The poem

“Winter Night” 寒夜

1. 寒夜客來茶當酒On a cold night a guest arrives; tea serves as wine;
2. 竹爐湯沸火初紅the bamboo stove's water boils, the fire just turning red.
3. 尋常一樣窗前月The same old moon at the window as always —
4. 纔有梅花便不同but with plum blossoms, it is not the same.

Du Lei 杜耒 · Southern Song dynasty · d. 1225 · seven-character verse

English translation by Poetune.

Why this poem

Du Lei serves tea instead of wine on a winter night; plum blossom changes the window.

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