Home-Coming (II)

回乡偶书其二

[唐] 贺知章（许渊冲译）

Since I left my homeland so many years have passed;

So much has faded away and so little can last.

Only in Mirror Lake before my oldened door

The vernal wind still ripples waves now as before.

离别家乡岁月多，

近来人事半消磨。

唯有门前镜湖水，

春风不改旧时波。

[词汇] olden

adj.古老的；过去的​

In the olden days the girls were married young.

在过去，女孩子岁数不大就出嫁了。