万里风烟异，一鸟忽相惊。

那能对远客，还作故乡声？  

A Five-Character Quatrain by Wei Ding

(Listening to a Mockingbird in Chang’an)

Away myriad miles in an alien place,

A bird surprises me out of the blue.

How are you able to greet a stranger

In an accent like his hometown folks do?

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)