本初豪气盖中华,官渡相持枉叹嗟。
若使许攸谋见用,山河争得属曹家。
(1)
Vainly now for chances lost
Yüan sighs;once he was great.
Had he taken Hsü's advice,
Tsáo had not set up a State.
(C. H. Brewitt-Taylor)
(2)
Yuan Shao's proud spirit towered oér the realm.
How foolish to despair at the stalemate at Guandu!
If he had taken Xu You's sound advice,
How could Cao have made the north his prize?
(Moss Roberts)
(3)
Vainly now for chances lost
Yuan sighs;once he was great.
Had he taken Xu's advice,
Cao would not set up a state.
(虞苏美)