Home-Coming (I)

回乡偶书 其一

[唐] 贺知章（许渊冲译）

I left home young and not till old do I come back,

Unchanged my accent, my hair no longer black.

The children whom I meet do not know who am I,

“Where do you come from, sir?” they ask with beaming eye.

少小离家老大回，

乡音无改鬓毛衰。

儿童相见不相识，

笑问客从何处来。

[词汇] beam

n. 梁，横梁；<非正式>臀围；光线，光柱；喜色，笑容；（体操的）平衡木

v. 定向发出（无线电信号）；（光，光源）照耀；喜笑颜开，面露喜色

He beamed at the journalists.

他笑容满面地面对记者。