Birthday poem · May 15Start of Summer, the 7th solar term: summer begins.
Birth character
珠 zhū · pearl
珠 combines 玉 "jade" with 朱 as a sound element; it means pearl.
白雨跳珠亂入船
“White rain leaps like pearls, bouncing into the boat.” — Su Shi, ‘Drunk at Lake View Tower’
Other dates with this poem: July 20
The poem
“Drunk at Lake View Tower” 六月二十七日望湖樓醉書
- 黑雲翻墨未遮山Black clouds spill like ink but have not hidden the hills;
- 白雨跳珠亂入船white rain leaps like pearls, bouncing into the boat.
- 卷地風來忽吹散A wind sweeps over the land and scatters it all —
- 望湖樓下水如天below Lake View Tower, the water is like the sky.
Why this poem
A sudden summer shower over the lake that comes and goes in minutes.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Summer.