Birthday poem · May 10Start of Summer, the 7th solar term: summer begins.
Birth character
舞 wǔ · dance
In its oldest form, 舞 shows a person dancing with objects in hand.
我舞影零亂
“I danced. My shadow tumbled after.” — Li Bai, ‘Drinking Alone Under the Moon’
The poem
“Spring Outing at Fengle Pavilion” 豐樂亭遊春
- 綠樹交加山鳥啼Green trees intertwine, the mountain birds sing;
- 晴風蕩漾落花飛the sunny breeze ripples, and fallen petals fly.
- 鳥歌花舞太守醉Birds singing, flowers dancing, the governor is drunk —
- 明日酒醒春已歸tomorrow, when he sobers up, spring will be gone.
Why this poem
Ouyang Xiu at a pavilion in late spring; birds sing, flowers dance, the governor is drunk.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Summer.