The Road Not Taken 未选择的路
Robert Frost 罗伯特•弗罗斯特
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 黄色的树林里分出两条路
And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同时去涉足
And be one traveler, long I stood 我在那路口久久伫立
And looked down one as far as I could 我向着一条路极目望去
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 直到它消失在丛林深处
Then took the other, as just as fair, 但我却选择了另外一条路
And having perhaps the better claim, 它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 显得更诱人,更美丽
Though as for that the passing there 虽然在这两条小路上
Had worn them really about the same, 都很少留下旅人的足迹
And both that morning equally lay 虽然那天清晨落叶满地
In leaves no step had trodden black. 两条路都未经脚印污染
Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵,留下一条路等改日再见
Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径延绵无尽头
I doubted if I should ever come back. 恐怕我难以再回返
I shall be telling this with a sigh 也许多少年后在某一个地方
Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾
Two roads diverged in a wood,and I— 一片森林里分出两条路
I took the one less traveled by, 而我却选择了人迹更少的一条
And that has made all the difference. 从此决定了我一生的道路
转自豆瓣的诗评:
弗罗斯特在诗歌风格上的一个最大特点是朴素无华,含义隽永,把深刻的思考和哲理寓于平淡无奇的内容和简洁朴实的诗句之中。本诗堪称是这方面的典范。这首诗的语言质朴自然,但在构思上却非常巧妙。这首诗描绘的是一个面临选择的人和他进行选择时的心态,至于选择的具体内容并没有写出,诗人的着眼点是选择本身。每一个读者都能够在这首诗中发现自己的生活体验,体味其中的哲理。