唐诗西译||回乡偶书

Home Returning

Poem/He Zhizhang, Translation/Shu Jihuai

Embarked on my voyage as a youngster, though I finally returned much older

My tongue barely changed, but hair grew grey, and thinner

A little folk encountered me as a stranger

Asked with a curious smile, where are you from, my dear visitor?

少小离家老大回，

乡音无改鬓毛催。

儿童相见不相识，

笑问客从何处来。