Birthday poem · July 13Minor Heat, the 11th solar term: the heat begins.

Birth character

玉 yù · jade

玉 is a picture of jade pieces on a string; it means jade.

碧玉妝成一樹高

“The slender beauty's dressed in emerald all about” — He Zhizhang, ‘Ode to the Willow’

“Lotus-Picking Song” 採蓮曲

菱葉縈波荷颭風Water-chestnut leaves twine with the ripples; lotus leaves sway in the wind;
荷花深處小船通deep among the lotus flowers a small boat slips through.
逢郎欲語低頭笑Meeting her sweetheart, she wants to speak, but lowers her head and smiles —
碧玉搔頭落水中and her jade hairpin falls into the water.

Bai Juyi 白居易 · Tang dynasty · 772–846 · seven-character verse

English translation by Poetune.

Bai Juyi on a lotus picker who meets her sweetheart, smiles, and drops her hairpin.

Solar term: Minor Heat.

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