Birthday poem · June 9Grain in Ear, the 9th solar term: wheat harvest and rice planting.
Birth character
野 yě · open fields
野 means the open country outside a town.
野火燒不盡
“Wildfire never quite consumes them” — Bai Juyi, ‘Grass on the Ancient Plain: A Farewell’
Other dates with this poem: December 12
The poem
“The Deer Cry” 鹿鳴
- 呦呦鹿鳴Yoo, yoo, the deer call,
- 食野之苹eating the wild herbs in the field.
- 我有嘉賓I have fine guests here —
- 鼓瑟吹笙play the zither, blow the reed pipes.
Why this poem
A Book of Songs feast poem: "I have fine guests; play the zither and the reed pipes."
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain in Ear.