回乡偶书
贺知章
小少离家老大回,
乡音无改鬓毛摧。
儿童相见不相识,
笑问客从何处来?
Coming Home
by He Zhizhang
I left home young and not till old do I come back,
My accent is unchanged, my hair no longer black.
The children don’t know me, whom I meet on the way,
"wher do you come from, reverend sir?" they smile and say.