回鄉偶書

賀知章 

少小離家老大回，

鄉音無改鬢毛衰。

兒童相見不相識，

笑問客從何處來。

Homecoming

by  He Zhizhang

tr. by Zhengming Fu

A boy left home and came back when he was aged,

Native accent was kept after getting hair dyed gray.

A child whom he met did not know the new quest ,

Where are you from? It asked with a smile on way. 

附錄 許淵沖譯

Homecoming

Old, I return to the homeland I left while young,

Thinner has grown my hair, though I speak the same tongue.

My children, whom I meet, do not know who am I.

“Where are you from, dear sir?” they ask with beaming eye.