247. 回乡偶书（贺知章）
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现代汉语译文
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少小离家老大回，乡音无改鬓毛衰。
现代汉语译文
年轻时离开家乡，直到年老才回来；乡音没有改变，鬓发却已经稀疏斑白。
“老大”是年老，不是排行。“乡音无改”与“鬓毛衰”并列：说话的声音还属于故乡，外貌却留下了漫长岁月的痕迹。
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儿童相见不相识，笑问客从何处来？
现代汉语译文
村里的孩子见到我却不认识，笑着问这位客人是从哪里来的。
孩子把归乡人称作“客”，并无讥讽，只因他们从未见过他。这个自然的问句，让诗人既回到故乡，又在故乡成了陌生人。
赏析 · Commentary
没变的口音，改变的人 · The Accent Remains; the Person Changes
首句把少年离乡和暮年归来压在七个字里，中间几十年的经历全部省略。第二句只留下两项可听可见的证据：口音没变，鬓发已衰。一个证明故乡仍在他身上，一个证明时间已经过去。诗不追述仕途，也不渲染感伤，分量全在这组对照里。
The first line compresses a departure in youth and a return in old age into seven characters, omitting the decades between. The next line offers only two pieces of evidence, one heard and one seen: the accent remains, the hair has changed. One shows that home still lives in him; the other shows that time has passed. The poem needs neither a career story nor an explicit lament, because the contrast carries the weight.
为什么由孩子说出结尾 · Why the Children Speak at the End
孩子不认识诗人，是村庄代际更替最直接的证据。他们笑着发问，场面甚至亲切；正因为没有恶意，“客”字才更让人停顿。对孩子来说，这是第一次见面的外乡老人；对诗人来说，这是自己从小生活的地方。同一个人同时是归人和客人，故乡因此显得熟悉又陌生。
The children's failure to recognize the poet is the clearest sign that generations in the village have changed. They ask cheerfully, so the scene is almost welcoming; precisely because no harm is intended, the word guest lands with greater force. To them he is an old visitor seen for the first time. To him this is the place of childhood. He is both one who has returned and one who has arrived as a stranger.