Birthday poem · June 21Summer Solstice, the 10th solar term: the longest day of the year.
Birth character
燈 dēng · lamp
燈 means a lamp.
閑敲棋子落燈花
“Idly I tap a chess piece, knocking down the lamp's ash.” — Zhao Shixiu, ‘Waiting for a Guest’
The poem
“Waiting for a Guest” 約客
- 黃梅時節家家雨In the season of yellow plums, rain at every house;
- 青草池塘處處蛙green grass by the ponds, frogs everywhere.
- 有約不來過夜半He promised to come but hasn't, and it's past midnight;
- 閑敲棋子落燈花idly I tap a chess piece, knocking down the lamp's ash.
Why this poem
Zhao Shixiu waits for a guest on a rainy night and idly taps a chess piece.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Summer Solstice.