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，未辞翦伐谁能送。
　　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。

　　Beside the Temple of the Great Premier stands an ancient cypress
　　With a trunk of green bronze and a root of stone.
　　The girth of its white bark would be the reach of forty men
　　And its tip of kingfish-blue is two thousand feet in heaven.
　　Dating from the days of a great ruler's great statesman,
　　Their very tree is loved now and honoured by the people.
　　Clouds come to it from far away, from the Wu cliffs,
　　And the cold moon glistens on its peak of snow.
　　...East of the Silk Pavilion yesterday I found
　　The ancient ruler and wise statesman both worshipped in one temple,
　　Whose tree, with curious branches, ages the whole landscape
　　In spite of the fresh colours of the windows and the doors.
　　And so firm is the deep root, so established underground,
　　That its lone lofty boughs can dare the weight of winds,
　　Its only protection the Heavenly Power,
　　Its only endurance the art of its Creator.
　　Though oxen sway ten thousand heads, they cannot move a mountain.
　　...When beams are required to restore a great house,
　　Though a tree writes no memorial, yet people understand
　　That not unless they fell it can use be made of it....
　　Its bitter heart may be tenanted now by black and white ants,
　　But its odorous leaves were once the nest of phoenixes and pheasants.
　　...Let wise and hopeful men harbour no complaint.
　　The greater the timber, the tougher it is to use.

【白话文】 孔明庙前有一株古老的柏树，枝干色如青铜根柢固如盘石。
树皮洁白润滑树干有四十围，青黑色朝天耸立足有二千尺。
刘备孔明君臣遇合与时既往，至今树木犹在仍被人们爱惜。
柏树高耸云雾飘来气接巫峡，月出寒光高照寒气直通岷山。
想昔日小路环绕我的草堂东，先生庙与武侯祠在一个閟宫。
柏树枝干崔嵬郊原增生古致，庙宇深邃漆绘连绵门窗宽空。
古柏独立高耸虽然盘踞得地，但是位高孤傲必定多招烈风。
它得到扶持自然是神明伟力，它正直伟岸原于造物者之功。
大厦如若倾倒要有梁栋支撑，古柏重如丘山万年也难拉动。
它不露花纹彩理使世人震惊，它不辞砍伐又有谁能够采送？
它虽有苦心也难免蝼蚁侵蚀，树叶芳香曾经招来往宿鸾凤。
天下志士幽人请你不要怨叹，自古以来大材一贯难得重用。

【注释】 １、先主：指刘备。
２、落落：独立不苟合。
３、不露文章：指古柏没有花叶之美。

【赏析】 此诗是比兴体。诗人借赞久经风霜、挺立寒空之古柏，以称雄才大略、耿耿忠心的孔明。句句咏古柏，声声颂武侯。写古柏古老，借以兴起君臣际会，以老柏孤高，喻武侯忠贞。
诗的前六句为第一段，以古柏兴起，赞其高大，君臣际会。“云来”十句为第二段，由夔州古柏，想到成都先主庙的古柏，其中“落落”两句，既写树，又写人，树人相融。“大厦”八句为第三段，因物及人，大发感想。最后一句语意双关，抒发诗人宏图不展的怨愤和大材不为用之感慨。