Tang Yun唐韵

No. 33 · Seven-character quatrain

回乡偶书

Written at Random on Returning Home

Huí Xiāng Ǒu Shū

by He Zhizhang 贺知章 · 659 – 744

  • Home
  • Aging
  • Children
少小离家老大回I left home young and come back old;
乡音无改鬓毛衰my accent unchanged, the hair at my temples thin.
儿童相见不相识The children see me and do not know me —
笑问客从何处来they smile and ask: sir, where are you from?