Birthday poem · February 14Valentine's Day, in the Start of Spring period.
Birth character
君 jūn · you, dear one
君 originally meant a ruler; in poems it is also a polite word for "you".
勸君更盡一杯酒
“I urge you to drink another cup of wine again” — Wang Wei, ‘Farewell to Yuan Er on His Mission to Anxi’
The poem
“Longing” 相思
- 紅豆生南國hóng dòu shēng nán guóThe red beans grow in southern land.
- 春來發幾枝chūn lái fā jǐ zhīHow many load in spring the trees?
- 願君多采擷yuàn jūn duō cǎi xiéGather them till full is your hand;
- 此物最相思cǐ wù zuì xiāng sīThey would revive fond memories.
Why this poem
Wang Wei's "Longing": red beans as a token of love.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Spring. Near Valentine's Day.