籌筆驛 In the Camp of the Sketching Brush
李商隱 Li Shangyin
猿
鸟
犹
疑
畏
简
书
,
Monkeys and birds are still alert for your orders
风
云
常
为
护
储
胥
。
And winds and clouds eager to shield your fortress.
徒
令
上
将
挥
神
笔
,
...You were master of the brush, and a sagacious general,
终
见
降
王
走
传
车
。
But your Emperor, defeated, rode the prison-cart.
管
乐
有
才
原
不
忝
,
You were abler than even the greatest Zhou statesmen,
关
张
无
命
欲
何
如
?
Yet less fortunate than the two Shu generals who were killed in action.
他
年
锦
里
经
祠
庙
,
And, though at your birth-place a temple has been built to you,
梁
父
吟
成
恨
有
余
。
You never finished singing your Song of the Holy Mountain
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