（一）

少小离家老大回，

乡音未改鬓毛衰。

儿童相见不相识，

笑问客从何处来。

IHOME-COMING

Translated by Xu Yuan Chong

Old, I return to the homeland while young,

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

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

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

（二）

离别家乡岁月多，

近来人事半消磨。

惟有门前镜湖水，

春风不改旧时波。

Since I left my homeland, so many years has passed,

So such has faded away and so little can last.

Only in Mirror Lake before my very door

The vernal wind still ripples the water as before.