Birthday poem · February 25Rain Water, the 2nd solar term: snow gives way to rain.
Birth character
風 fēng · wind
風 means wind.
二月春風似剪刀
“The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.” — He Zhizhang, ‘Ode to the Willow’
The poem
“Farewell at a Jinling Tavern” 金陵酒肆留別
- 風吹柳花滿店香The wind blows willow catkins; the tavern fills with fragrance;
- 吳姬壓酒喚客嘗the Wu girl presses wine and calls the guests to taste.
- 金陵子弟來相送The young men of Jinling have come to see me off;
- 欲行不行各盡觴going and not going, each of us drains his cup.
Why this poem
Li Bai says goodbye to friends in a Nanjing wine shop full of willow fluff.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Rain Water.