王质·《八声甘州·读诸葛武侯传》英译

过隆中、桑柘倚斜阳，禾黍战悲风。世若无徐庶，更无庞统，沉了英雄。本计东荆西益，观变取奇功。转尽青天粟，无路能通。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

他日杂耕渭上，忽一星飞坠，万事成空。使一曹三马，云雨动蛟龙。看璀璨、出师一表，照乾坤、牛斗气常冲。千年後，锦城相吊，遇草堂翁。

Eight Beats of Gangzhou Song

On Reading Zhuge Liang’s Biography

Wang Zhi

When I pass by the premier’s cot,

At sunset stand mulberry trees,

The millet struggles in sad breeze.

Were he not recommended by his peers,

How could the hero appear?

He planned to win over the east and west,

Of his career to reach the crest.

But with all the millet under the sky,

How could he build a way on high?

His soldiers tilled the ground by riverside,

But suddenly his star fell and he died.

Then all turned out in vain.

The three steeds became dragons in cloud and rain.

How glorious his plan to recover Northern plain!

His spirit rises high,

And shines in the blue sky.

After hundreds of years