Birthday poem · November 1Frost’s Descent, the 18th solar term: the first frosts.

Birthday poem card for November 1: “Drinking on Dragon Mountain on the Ninth” by Li Bai. Birth character 龍, dragon.
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Birth character

龍 lóng · dragon

龍 is a picture of the dragon, a creature of legend.

一夜魚龍舞
“All night long the fish and dragon lanterns dance.” — Xin Qiji, ‘Green Jade Cup: Lantern Festival’

Other dates with this poem: September 2

The poem

“Drinking on Dragon Mountain on the Ninth” 九日龍山飲

  1. 九日龍山飲On the Ninth Day, drinking on Dragon Mountain,
  2. 黃花笑逐臣the yellow flowers smile at an exiled official.
  3. 醉看風落帽Drunk, I watch the wind blow off my hat;
  4. 舞愛月留人dancing, I love how the moon makes me stay.

Li Bai 李白 · Tang dynasty · 701–762 · five-character verse

English translation by Poetune.

Why this poem

Li Bai drinks on Dragon Mountain at Double Ninth, admiring chrysanthemums.

This day in the Chinese calendar

Solar term: Frost’s Descent.

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