shàoxiǎo lí jiā lǎo dà huí,
xiāng yīn wú gǎi bìn máo shuāi。
ér tóng xiāng jiàn bù xiāng shí,
xiào wèn kè cóng hé chù lái。
I left home young. I return old;
Speaking as then, but with hair grown thin;
And my children, meeting me, do not know me.
They smile and say: "Stranger, where do you come from?"