Thinking of My Brothers on the Double Ninth Day
poem/Wang Wei   trans./Tao Zhijian
 
Alone in strangers’ land a stranger be,
On fetes the more I miss my family.
Afar my brothers go on hilltops high,
All wearing cornels they miss only me. 

?Published in Poetry Hall: Chinese and English Bilingual Journal, Issue 8, July 2020


九月九日忆山东兄弟
唐代：王维
 
独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。
遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人。