汪遵·《南阳》英译

陆困泥蟠未适从，

岂妨耕稼隐高踪。

若非先主垂三顾，

谁识茅庐一卧龙？

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Nanyang—Zhuge Liang’s Native Place

Wang Zun

Once a dragon stranded in the mud,

he never felt at ease in the place,

Though, hiding his light under a bushel,

he might till the land with good grace.

Had not the King humbled himself trice

to come to hut for ideas and advice,

Would the world have seen a sapient statesman

in a nobody called Sleeping Dragon?