I Left home when a mere stripling,and returned in old age.
My native accents remained unchanged,but my ear-lock had grown thin.
The children could not recognize me when they saw me.
They asked smilingly ,"From where did you come?"
少小離家老大回,
鄉音無改鬢毛衰,
兒童相見不相識,
笑問客從何處來?