詠懷古跡五首(之五)

杜甫

諸葛大名垂宇宙， 宗臣遺像肅清高。

三分割據紆籌策， 萬古云霄一羽毛。

伯仲之間見伊呂， 指揮若定失蕭曹。

運移漢祚終難復， 志決身殲軍務勞。

Du Fu

Zhuge's prestige transcends the earth;

There is only reverence for his face;

Yet his will, among the Three Kingdoms at war,

Was only as one feather against a flaming sky.

He was brother of men like Yi and Lu

And in time would have surpassed the greatest of all statesmen.

Though he knew there was no hope for the House of Han,

Yet he wielded his mind for it, yielded his life.