Birthday poem · April 13Clear and Bright, the 5th solar term: the weather warms and plants turn green.
Birth character
雲 yún · cloud
雲 means cloud; the older form 云 shows swirling vapour.
白雲生處有人家
“Where rise white clouds, there appear cottages and bowers.” — Du Mu, ‘Mountain Walk’
The poem
“Spring Day, Impromptu” 春日偶成
- 雲淡風輕近午天Thin clouds, light breeze, the sky near noon;
- 傍花隨柳過前川by the flowers, along the willows, I cross the river ahead.
- 時人不識餘心樂People don't understand the joy in my heart —
- 將謂偷閑學少年they think I'm stealing leisure, playing at being young.
Why this poem
Cheng Hao enjoys a spring walk; people think he is idling like a youth.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Clear and Bright.