Birthday poem · April 12Clear and Bright, the 5th solar term: the weather warms and plants turn green.

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Other dates with this poem: February 9

The poem

“Spring Dawn” 春曉

1. 春眠不覺曉chūn mián bù jué xiǎoThis spring morning in bed I'm lying,
2. 處處聞啼鳥chù chù wén tí niǎoNot to awake till birds are crying.
3. 夜來風雨聲yè lái fēng yǔ shēngAfter one night of wind and showers,
4. 花落知多少huā luò zhī duō shǎoHow many are the fallen flowers!

Meng Haoran 孟浩然 · Tang dynasty · 689–740 · five-character verse

English translation by Poetune.

Why this poem

Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn": waking to birdsong and thinking of last night's wind and rain.

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