by Tu Fu (712 - 770)

古柏行
Language: Chinese (中文) 
孔明庙前有老柏
柯如青铜根如石
霜皮溜雨四十围
黛色参天二千尺
君臣已与时际会
树木犹为人爱惜
云来气接巫峡长
月出寒通雪山白

忆昨路绕锦亭东
先主武侯同閟宫
崔嵬枝干郊原古
窈窕丹青户牖空
落落盘踞虽得地
冥冥孤高多烈风
扶持自是神明力
正直原因造化功

大厦如倾要梁栋
万牛回首丘山重
不露文章世已惊
未辞剪伐谁能送
苦心岂免容蝼蚁
香叶终经宿鸾凤
志士幽人莫怨嗟
古来材大难为用

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  • Also set in English, a translation by Vikram Seth (b. 1952) , "The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang", copyright © ; composed by Alec Roth.

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