He Zhizhang: I Come Home An Old Man; I Was Young When I Went Away 賀知章: 少小離家老大回 鄉音無改鬢毛衰 Poem by Frank Yue

Huí Xiāng Ou Shū No.1 (of 2) :
"Returning to My Village and Writing Casually":
-by HE ZHIZHANG (659-744?)-Translated by Frank C Yue I come home an old man; I was young when I went away.
My accent has not changed at all but my hair is now gray.
I meet some village children; of course none of them knows me.
Smiling ever so sweetly, they ask me,"From where came thee? "


【回鄉偶書】(二首)其一唐 · 賀知章


少小離家老大回，鄉音無改鬢毛衰(催) 。
兒童相見不相識，笑問客從何處來。

少小离家老大回，乡音无改鬓毛衰(催) 。
儿童相见不认识，笑问客从何出来？