Hsinbyushin Medaw

Hsinbyushin Medaw was the elder daughter of Thado Dhamma Yaza II, Viceroy of Prome, and his chief queen Salin Mibaya.

[4] She learned from the "great master" various forms of Burmese poetry, including the yadu style for which she would be remembered.

[7] But Sit was also an ambitious prince who led a campaign to northern Shan states of Mohnyin and Mogaung in 1576–1577.

[10] With the appointment, Hsinbyushin Medaw, who was pregnant with their second child,[note 3] became the chief queen consort of Lan Na.

[14] Her husband, who also enjoyed writing poetry, wrote a famous yadu poem, dedicated to his beloved queen.

[15] After King Nanda's failed campaigns in Siam (1584–1593), the political stability of Lan Na itself rapidly deteriorated, with eastern provinces breaking away from Chiang Mai.

[1] (According to the Ayutthaya Chronicle, she died while Nawrahta Minsaw prepared to submit to King Naresuan of Siam.

The poem generally evokes a mood of wistful sadness through the contemplation of nature in the changing seasons or the yearning for a loved one temporarily separated.