huí xiāng ǒu shū qí yī
回 乡 偶 书 · 其 一
Returning to My Hometown: A Random Book · Part One

táng hè zhī zhāng
(唐) 贺 知 章
(Tang) He Zhizhang

shào xiǎo lí jiā lǎo dà huí
少 小 离 家 老 大 回 ，
Young and leaving home, I returned old and grown,

xiāng yīn wú gǎi bìn máo shuāi
乡 音 无 改 鬓 毛 衰 。
My accent unchanged, yet my hair now thinned and shown.

ér tóng xiāng jiàn bù xiāng shí
儿 童 相 见 不 相 识 ，
Children who meet me do not recognize me,

xiào wèn kè cóng hé chù lái
笑 问 客 从 何 处 来
They laugh and ask where this guest has come to be.