人日思归 – （隋）薛道衡

入春才七日，离家已二年。

人归落雁后，思发在花前。

Yearning for Home on Human’s Day

by Xue Daoheng (Sui Dynasty)

Already the seventh day of this spring,

Ah, two long years, since hometown I have left.

Wild geese will fly home ere I take to wing.

Ere blossoms burst, homesick my heart hath felt.

Tr. Ziyuzile

05/02/2025