Birthday poem · February 20Rain Water, the 2nd solar term: snow gives way to rain.
Birth character
歌 gē · song
歌 combines 欠, an open mouth, with 哥 as a sound element; it means to sing, or a song.
忽聞岸上踏歌聲
“When suddenly on shore footsteps and songs o'erflow.” — Li Bai, ‘For Wang Lun’
Other dates with this poem: May 7
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: Rain Water.