Reading Homesickness from English Poetry

Reading Homesickness from English Poetry

Homesickness is a modern poem written by Yu Guangzhong, a poet, after he returned from a foreign land. Poetry expresses a kind of nostalgia for hometown and motherland. This poem also embodies the poet Yu Guangzhong's good wish for the early reunification of the Chinese nation.

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Yu Guangzhong

Yu Guangzhong

When I was a child, homesickness was a small stamp.

Homesickness is a small stamp when I was a child.

Connect the mother at the other end with me.

I'm here and my mother is there.

Grow up, still homesick, but become a ticket.

Homesickness is a narrow boat ticket when you grow up.

I rode it to and from my bride at the other end.

I'm here and the bride is there.

Then homesickness turned into a grave,

Later, homesickness was a low grave.

Mom is inside, and I am outside.

I'm outside and my mother is inside.

I am still homesick now, but it is a narrow strait.

Homesickness is now a shallow strait.

Separated me from the mainland.

I am on this continent, on that side.

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