1. "Thoughts on a Quiet Night"
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
There was a bright moonlight in front of the bed, which was suspected to be frost on the ground.
Look up at the bright moon and lower your head to think about your hometown.
Translation:
The bright moonlight shines on the window paper in front of the bed, as if there is a layer of frost on the ground.
I couldn't help but raise my head and look at the bright moon in the sky outside the window. I couldn't help but lower my head and think about my hometown far away.
2. "Hearing the Flute in Luo City on a Spring Night"
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
The sound of someone's jade flute flies darkly, spreading into the spring breeze all over Luo City. ?
Hearing the broken willows in this nocturne, who can not forget the love of hometown?
Translation:
Whose exquisite flute secretly makes a melodious sound. As the spring breeze blows, it spreads throughout Luoyang.
In tonight's music, hearing "Breaking Willows" from my hometown, who wouldn't feel homesick due to this?
3. "Reminiscences of Shandong Brothers on September 9th"
Tang Dynasty: Wang Wei
A stranger in a foreign land, he misses his family even more during festive seasons .
I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to a high place, and there is one less person planting dogwood trees everywhere.
Translation:
I am far away from my hometown alone and unable to reunite with my family. Every Double Ninth Festival, I miss my relatives far away even more.
When I think of my brothers wearing dogwoods and climbing to high places from afar, I will also feel regret because I am the only one missing.
4. "Returning to Hometown"
Tang Dynasty: He Zhizhang
When a young boy left home and his elder brother returned home, his local pronunciation remained unchanged and his hair on his temples faded.
Children don’t recognize each other when they see each other, and they laugh and ask where the guest is from.
Translation:
I left my hometown when I was young and came back only in my old age. Although my local accent has not changed, the hair on my temples has become thinner. When the children saw me, no one recognized me. They smiled and asked: Where did this guest come from?
5. "Great Night Works"
Tang Dynasty: Gao Shi
The hotel is sleepless under the cold lights, and the guests' hearts are filled with sadness.
I miss my hometown tonight, and I will see another year of frost on my temples tomorrow.
Translation:
I was lying alone in the hotel, with the cold light shining on me, and it was hard to fall asleep for a long time. What is it that makes me, a tourist, feel desolate and sad?
People in my hometown must be missing me tonight, who is thousands of miles away; my hair on the temples has turned gray, and tomorrow will be a new year.