Poems expressing homesickness

1、

Jiang Nanan spring breeze is green, when will the bright moon shine on me?

The warm spring breeze has blown the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River green again. When will the bright moon shine on me and return to my hometown? )

-Wang Anshi's "Dengguazhou" in the Northern Song Dynasty

2、

Sad songs can be used as tears, and distant looks can be used as angelica.

A sad song replaces the crying of homesickness. Climbing high and looking far is regarded as returning home. )

-Han Yuefu folk song "Elegy"

3、

The foot of my bed is shining so brightly. Is there frost already? I looked up at the moon and looked down, feeling nostalgic.

The bright moonlight shines on enough paper, as if the ground was frosted. That day I looked up at the bright moon in the sky outside the window, and I couldn't help lowering my head and thinking of my hometown far away. )

-Li Bai's Thoughts on a Quiet Night

4、

Men are few guests and don't distinguish between other places.

After years of wandering, I no longer feel like a stranger. )

-Li's Night Sleeping on the Yellow River

5、

Teenagers leave home, old people return, and the local accent does not change.

I left my hometown when I was young, but now I have returned to my hometown when I am old. Although my local accent has not changed, my temples are sparse and my hair is gray. )

-What's "Two Hometown Couplets"

6、

When children meet strangers, they will smile and ask where the guests are from.

None of the children knew me when they saw me. They smiled and asked, Where did this guest come from? )

-What's "Two Hometown Couplets"

7、

I am thinking that Lingnan should be bad, but it is said that this peace of mind is my hometown.

(I asked her tentatively, "The customs in Lingnan are not very good, are they?" She answered frankly: "The place where my heart is stable is my hometown." )

-Su Shi's Ding Fengbo, I always envy the jade lang in the world.

8、

Finally, I can send my messenger, Wild Goose, back to Luoyang.

Where should I send my book home? Go to the north to return to the wild goose, please take it back to Luoyang! )

-Wang Wan's berth at the foot of Beibao Mountain.

9、

Where is your hometown? Forget it unless you're drunk.

Where is my hometown that I miss day and night? Only in drunken dreams can we forget the sadness of homesickness. )

-Li Qingzhao's "Bodhisattva Man, Soft Wind, It's Early Spring"

10、

Wan Li got a rural book. Ask me which year, no problem. Looking back, seeing the spring drunk. Answer straight shed a thousand tears.

A letter came from my hometown thousands of miles away and asked me when I could really go back. I had to go back and have a drink and send spring home, but the spring breeze was still affectionate and wiped away my tears. )

-Su Shi's Letter from Liang Zhu Jing Kou