老詩新賞: 沒有走的那條路

非常喜歡Frost的這首詩。言語平實卻發人深省。

常常在想，如果當初我們選擇了另外一條路，今天的生活又會是什麽樣的呢？

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost (1874–1963).

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;         5   Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,         10   And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.         15   I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

                                                             未選之路 

                                              （美）羅勃．佛洛斯特

                       從黃色樹林裏岔出兩條路

                       隻可惜我不能同時穿行

                       我這個旅人 長久駐足

                       眺望其中的一條竭盡雙目

                       隻見它隱入層林深處

 

                       不過我選了另外一條 同樣的美好

                       也許還有更妙的理由 

                       因其雜草叢生且引人探尋

                       雖然不論經由哪條路

                       都一樣會留下腳步

                       那天早晨樹葉落滿

                       未經踩踏的兩條小路

                       嗬 我將第一條路留待以後再走

                       但我知曉前路漫漫無盡頭

                       能否再返著實堪憂
 

                       多年以後也許在某處

                       我會輕輕一歎把此事講述

                       樹林裏岔出兩條路

                       我選了一條人跡更少的走

                       這一生便如此被造就.

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                           沒有走的路　　　　
　
 

                                             黃樹林裏分叉兩條路，

                       隻可惜我不能都踏行。

                       我，單獨的旅人，佇立良久，

                       極目眺望一條路的盡頭，看他隱沒在林從深處。

 
                                              於是我選擇了另一條路，

                       一樣平直，也許更值得，

                       因為青草茵茵，還未被踩過，

                       若有過往人蹤，路的狀況會相差無幾。

                       那天早晨，兩條路都覆蓋在枯葉下，沒有踐踏的汙痕；

                       啊，原先那條路留給另一天吧！

                       明知一條路會引出另一條路，

                       我懷疑我是否會回到原處。

 

                       在許多許多年以後，在某處，

                       我會輕輕歎息說：

                       黃樹林裏分叉兩條路，而我----

                       選擇了較少人跡的一條，

                       使得一切多麽地不同。

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                               未選擇的路

                        黃色的樹林裏分出兩條路，

                        可惜我不能同時去涉足，

                        我在那路口久久佇立，

                        我向著一條路極目望去，

                        直到它消失在叢林深處。

 

                        但我卻選了另外一條路，

                        它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，

                        顯得更誘人、更美麗，

                        雖然在這兩條小路上，

                        都很少留下旅人的足跡，

 

                        雖然那天清晨落葉滿地，

                        兩條路都未經腳印汙染。

                        嗬，留下一條路等改日再見！

                        但我知道路徑延綿無盡頭，

                        恐怕我難以再回返。

 

                        也許多少年後在某個地方，

                        我將輕聲歎息把往事回顧，

                        一片樹林裏分出兩條路，

                        而我選了人跡更少的一條，

                        從此決定了我一生的道路。

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