Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my relatives even more during the festive season. Translation: Being far away from home alone is inevitably a bit desolate. During the Double Ninth Festival, I miss my relatives far away even more.

From: "Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9th" is one of the famous poems by Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty.

The original text is as follows:

I am a stranger in a foreign land, and I miss my family even more during the festive season.

I know from afar that when my brothers climb to the heights, there is one less person planting dogwoods

The translation is as follows:

I am wandering alone as a guest in a foreign land, and I miss you even more every festive season. Relatives. I recall that when my brothers in my hometown were climbing high, I was the only one missing when planting dogwood trees.

Extended information:

1. Creation background

The original annotation of this poem: "At the age of seventeen." This indicates that this is Wang Wei's work when he was seventeen. At that time, Wang Wei was wandering alone between Luoyang and Chang'an. He was from Puzhou (now Yongji, Shanxi). Puzhou was east of Huashan, so he called the brothers in his hometown Shandong brothers. September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival, and there is a custom of climbing in some places in China.

2. Appreciation

The poem describes a wanderer who misses his hometown and his relatives. The poet urgently gets to the point at the beginning, writing about the loneliness and desolation of life in a foreign land. Therefore, he is always nostalgic for his hometown and misses his people. When he encounters a good festival, his missing is doubled. Then the poem jumped to write about the brothers far away in their hometown. When they climbed high according to the custom of Double Ninth Festival, they also missed themselves.

The poetry jumps repeatedly, is implicit and deep, is simple and natural, and has twists and turns. "On every festive occasion, we miss our loved ones even more" has been a famous saying among wanderers for thousands of years, and has touched the hearts of many wanderers.