九月九日忆山东兄弟

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。

Wang Wei

ON THE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY

THINKING OF MY BROTHERS IN SHANDONG

All alone in a foreign land,

I am twice as homesick on this day

When brothers carry dogwood up the mountain,

Each of them a branch-and my branch missing.