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Random Lines on Home-Coming
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Random Lines on Home-Coming
By He Zhizhang (659 - 744 CE)
贺知章（659-744）
Traditional
回鄉偶書
少小離鄉老大回，
鄉音難改鬢毛衰。
兒童相見不相識，
笑問客從何處來。
Simplified
回乡偶书
少小离家老大回，
乡音无改鬢毛衰。
儿童相见不相知
笑问客从何处来
Vocabulary and Notes
Line 1: 少小 a youth, 离家 parting from home
Line 2: 乡音 local accent, 无改 unchanged, 鬢毛衰 hair locks grizzled
Line 3: 儿童 boys, 相见不相知 not knowing me on sight
Line 4: 笑 laughing, 客 stranger
Source: Complete Tang Poems, Scroll 112, 全唐詩 卷一百一十二 . Translation by Sun Dayu, 1981.
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