離別家鄉歲月多，

It has been a long time since I left my hometown.

近來人事半消磨。

All have changed just as everything is upside down.

唯有門前鏡湖水，

Except the mirror-like lake in front of my house,

春風不改舊時波。

it ripples as it used to be when the spring breeze is blowing.