Birthday poem · June 20Grain in Ear, the 9th solar term: wheat harvest and rice planting.
Birth character
樂 lè · delight
樂 first showed strings on wood, a musical instrument; it means music, and also joy.
行樂須及春
“To cheer me through the end of spring…” — Li Bai, ‘Drinking Alone Under the Moon’
Other dates with this poem: September 20
The poem
“On the South Hill” 南山有臺
- 南山有臺On the south hill there is sedge,
- 北山有莱on the north hill, goosefoot.
- 樂只君子Joy to you, my lord,
- 邦家之基foundation of the land.
- 樂只君子Joy to you, my lord,
- 萬壽無期may you live ten thousand years.
Why this poem
A Book of Songs blessing, wishing long life without end.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain in Ear.