九月九日忆山东兄弟 · Remembering My Brothers on the Double Ninth Festival — 王维 (Tang Dynasty)
独在异乡为异客
dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè
每逢佳节倍思亲
měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn
遥知兄弟登高处
yáo zhī xiōng dì dēng gāo chù
遍插茱萸少一人
biàn chā zhū yú shǎo yī rén
English translation
Alone in a foreign land, a stranger, / every festival I miss my family twice over. / From afar I know my brothers climb the heights, / dogwood on every sleeve — one man missing.
About this poem
Written at 17, alone in the capital during the Double Ninth Festival: "every festival, I miss my family twice as much" — still quoted at every holiday.
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