第一節(jié)

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.

第二節(jié)

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.

第三節(jié)

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden back.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

第四節(jié)

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.

翻譯：

沒(méi)有走的路/趙毅衡譯

黃色的林子路分兩股，

可惜我不能兩條都走。

我站立良久，形影孤獨(dú)，

遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)眺望，順著一條路，

看它轉(zhuǎn)到灌木林后。

我選了另一條，同樣宜人，

挑上這條或許有點(diǎn)道理：

這條路草深，似乎少行人；

實(shí)際上來(lái)往的跡印，

使兩條路相差無(wú)幾。

而且早晨新落的葉子

覆蓋著陸，還沒(méi)人踩，

哦，我把第一條留給下次！

前途多歧，這我也知，

我也懷疑哪能重新回來(lái)。

多年，多年后，在某地，

我將講這件事，嘆口氣：

樹(shù)林里路分兩股，而我呢——

選上的一條較少人跡，

千差萬(wàn)別由此而起。

寫(xiě)作這首詩(shī)的是美國(guó)大詩(shī)人佛羅斯特，佛羅斯特前半輩子坎坷，40歲才有了名聲和相應(yīng)的地位。最令人戚戚的是他生有5個(gè)子女，只有一人活下來(lái)，且處處怒對(duì)他。其他四人皆自殺或夭折。詩(shī)人臨死前還在乞求子女原諒。詩(shī)人的妻子甚至對(duì)他說(shuō)他不應(yīng)該結(jié)婚，不應(yīng)該生兒育女。感覺(jué)這首詩(shī)是是人對(duì)自己選擇的路的質(zhì)疑的無(wú)奈。無(wú)數(shù)個(gè)瞬間，后悔、質(zhì)疑、無(wú)奈…

每個(gè)人讀這首詩(shī)讀到了自己，我有時(shí)候也會(huì)想，如果選擇了另一條路，現(xiàn)在會(huì)如何？假如現(xiàn)在就此改變，又會(huì)是如何？世界之大，等著我這樣平庸的人四處求索吧。