Birthday poem · August 29End of Heat, the 14th solar term: the summer heat eases.

Birth character

窗 chuāng · window

窗 means an opening in a wall or roof for light and air: a window.

何當共剪西窗燭

“Oh, when shall we be trimming wicks again, together in your western window?” — Li Shangyin, ‘Night Rain: Sent North’

Other dates with this poem: October 28

“Night Rain: Sent North” 夜雨寄北

君問歸期未有期jūn wèn guī qī wèi yǒu qīYou ask me when I am coming. I do not know.
巴山夜雨漲秋池bā shān yè yǔ zhǎng qiū chíI dream of your mountains and autumn pools brimming all night with the rain.
何當共剪西窗燭hé dāng gòng jiǎn xī chuāng zhúOh, when shall we be trimming wicks again, together in your western window?
卻話巴山夜雨時què huà bā shān yè yǔ shíWhen shall I be hearing your voice again, all night in the rain?

Li Shangyin 李商隱 · Tang dynasty · c. 813–858 · seven-character verse

English translation by Poetune.

Li Shangyin to his wife: "when shall we trim the candle at the west window together?"

Solar term: End of Heat.

Year of birth shows that year's lunar date and solar term

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