Listen to this article十五从军征
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十五从军征，八十始得归。
道逢乡里人：“家中有阿谁？”
“遥看是君家，松柏冢[1]累累[2]。”
兔从狗窦[3]入，雉从梁[4]上飞。
中庭生旅[5]谷，井上生旅葵[6]。
舂谷持作饭，采葵持作羹。
羹饭一时熟，不知贻[7]阿谁。
出门东向望，泪落沾我衣。
注释：
[1] 冢：坟墓。
[2] 累累：形容丘坟一个连一个的样子。
[3] 狗窦：给狗出入的墙洞。
[4] 梁：屋梁。
[5] 旅：植物未经播种而野生叫旅生。
[6] 葵：菜名，又叫冬葵，嫩叶可食。
[7] 贻：送给，这里指拿食物给人吃。
Homecoming after War
Anonymous
At fifteen I left home to fight the foe
And cannot come back till I am fourscore.
On the way I meet a countryman I know;
I ask him who remains within my door.
“Seen from afar, your house is over there,”
“Mid graves where pine and cypress stand aloof.”
Arrived, I see in dog hole run a hare
And pheasants fly from the beam of my roof.
In middle courtyard grows only wild grain
And by the well grows mallow I can eat.
I pluck the grain and boil it as food plain
And put the mallow in the soup I heat.
When I have cooked the simple, homely fare,
Who will eat it with me? No one appears.
I go outdoors and eastwards fix my stare,
My furrowed face and clothes wet with tears.
