Birthday poem · March 13Awakening of Insects, the 3rd solar term: the first thunder; insects stir.
Birth character
露 lù · dew
露 combines 雨 "rain" with 路 as a sound element; it means dew.
春風拂檻露華濃
“The spring wind brushes the railing, the dew lies thick and bright.” — Li Bai, ‘Song of Pure Peace’
The poem
“Visiting a Taoist on Mount Daitian” 訪戴天山道士不遇
- 犬吠水聲中A dog barks amid the sound of water;
- 桃花帶露濃peach blossoms heavy with dew.
- 樹深時見鹿In the deep woods, now and then, a deer;
- 溪午不聞鐘at noon by the stream, no temple bell.
Why this poem
Li Bai visits a Daoist and misses him; on the way, dewy peach blossom and deer.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Awakening of Insects.