I’m still picking odds and ends from the refuse
heaps at cold nights north of the Great Wall. How can I return to my native land
in such a state without making good？

未得衣錦安還鄉? 朔北寒夜猶拾荒。

But it is a comfort to travel to my home village
in my dream. And moreover, my aged mother is healthy as before keeping me company.

夢逰故里聊自慰，老娘健在伴身旁。