Birthday poem · February 9Start of Spring, the 1st solar term: spring begins in the traditional calendar.
Birth character
鳥 niǎo · bird
鳥 is a picture of a bird.
處處聞啼鳥
“Not to awake till birds are crying.” — Meng Haoran, ‘Spring Dawn’
Other dates with this poem: April 12
The poem
“Spring Dawn” 春曉
- 春眠不覺曉chūn mián bù jué xiǎoThis spring morning in bed I'm lying,
- 處處聞啼鳥chù chù wén tí niǎoNot to awake till birds are crying.
- 夜來風雨聲yè lái fēng yǔ shēngAfter one night of wind and showers,
- 花落知多少huā luò zhī duō shǎoHow many are the fallen flowers!
Why this poem
Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn": waking to birdsong and thinking of last night's wind and rain.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Spring.