Birthday poem · August 16Start of Autumn, the 13th solar term: autumn begins in the traditional calendar.

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Other dates with this poem: May 21

The poem

“West River Moon” 西江月

1. 明月別枝驚鵲The bright moon on a slanting branch startles the magpie;
2. 清風半夜鳴蝉a clear breeze at midnight, the cicadas sing.
3. 稻花香裏說豐年Amid the scent of rice flowers, talk of a bumper year;
4. 聽取蛙聲一片listen — a whole chorus of frogs.

Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 · Southern Song dynasty · 1140–1207 · ci (song lyric) · excerpt

English translation by Poetune.

Why this poem

Xin Qiji walks by rice fields on a summer night and hears frogs promise a good harvest.

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