Birthday poem · July 30Major Heat, the 12th solar term: the hottest time of the year.
Birth character
錦 jǐn · brocade
錦 combines 帛 "silk" with 金 as a sound element; it means brocade.
花重錦官城
“The town's heavy with blooms.” — Du Fu, ‘Happy Rain on a Spring Night’
Other dates with this poem: May 31
The poem
“The Pond Behind Qi'an” 齊安郡後池絶句
- 菱透浮萍綠錦池Water chestnuts push through duckweed on the green brocade pond;
- 夏鶯千囀弄薔薇summer orioles trill a thousand times among the roses.
- 盡日無人看微雨All day no one watches the fine rain;
- 鴛鴦相對浴紅衣a pair of mandarin ducks bathe face to face in red plumage.
Why this poem
Du Mu on a summer pond: water chestnut leaves, orioles, mandarin ducks in drizzle.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Heat.