Birthday poem · April 29Grain Rain, the 6th solar term: more rain, good for the young crops.
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
“Apricot Blossom by the North Pond” 北陂杏花
- 一陂春水繞花身A pond of spring water circles the blossoms;
- 花影妖嬈各占春each flower's shadow, so lovely, claims its share of spring.
- 縱被春風吹作雪Even if the spring wind blows them away like snow,
- 絶勝南陌碾成塵far better that than being ground to dust on the southern road.
Why this poem
Wang Anshi: apricot blossom would rather fall on water than be ground to dust.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain Rain.