美国大诗人罗拔.弗罗斯特( Robert Frost )有一首名作,叫做The way not taken(未选之路):
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
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
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
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
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
译文(找来的):
未选之路
林中两路分,可惜难兼行。
游子久伫立,极目望一径。
蜿蜒复曲折,隐于丛林中。
我选另一途,合理亦公正。
草密人迹罕,正待人通行。
足迹踏过处,两路皆相同。
两路林中伸,落叶无人踪。
我选一路走,深知路无穷。
我疑从今后,能否转回程。
数十年之后,谈起常叹息。
林中两路分,一路人迹稀。
我独进此路,境遇乃相异。
这首诗,多少有点“自传体”。
弗罗斯特原先在一所师范学校教书,生活安稳但是平坦,这样的生活之路,自然是一条人烟稠密的路。可是,1912年,38岁的弗罗斯特选取了另外一条路:远走他乡,一心写诗。他卖掉了祖传的农场,举家迁居到英国。在离伦敦不远的一个村子里,安下了一个简单的新家。他认为,这是一个生活程度比较低,但有利于写诗的环境,于是安顿下来,不辞辛苦作诗人。
弗罗斯特义无反顾地选取了“另一条路”:一条人迹稀少,难以回头的路。
在伦敦住下不久,弗罗斯特出版了他的第一本诗集《孩子的意愿》,马上赢得了诗人们的好评。
and I—I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference
我独进此路,境遇乃相异。
当然,并非所有选走独木桥的人都有这么好的运道。弗罗斯特是幸运的,不过他也确实有自信,有魄力,敢于选择一条人迹稀少,难以回头的路。对于大多数人来说,只能对一条“未选之路”唏嘘、向往:要是当初……
是啊,没有走成的路,总是充满浪漫、神奇,让人缅想、神往。
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
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
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
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
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
译文(找来的):
未选之路
林中两路分,可惜难兼行。
游子久伫立,极目望一径。
蜿蜒复曲折,隐于丛林中。
我选另一途,合理亦公正。
草密人迹罕,正待人通行。
足迹踏过处,两路皆相同。
两路林中伸,落叶无人踪。
我选一路走,深知路无穷。
我疑从今后,能否转回程。
数十年之后,谈起常叹息。
林中两路分,一路人迹稀。
我独进此路,境遇乃相异。
这首诗,多少有点“自传体”。
弗罗斯特原先在一所师范学校教书,生活安稳但是平坦,这样的生活之路,自然是一条人烟稠密的路。可是,1912年,38岁的弗罗斯特选取了另外一条路:远走他乡,一心写诗。他卖掉了祖传的农场,举家迁居到英国。在离伦敦不远的一个村子里,安下了一个简单的新家。他认为,这是一个生活程度比较低,但有利于写诗的环境,于是安顿下来,不辞辛苦作诗人。
弗罗斯特义无反顾地选取了“另一条路”:一条人迹稀少,难以回头的路。
在伦敦住下不久,弗罗斯特出版了他的第一本诗集《孩子的意愿》,马上赢得了诗人们的好评。
and I—I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference
我独进此路,境遇乃相异。
当然,并非所有选走独木桥的人都有这么好的运道。弗罗斯特是幸运的,不过他也确实有自信,有魄力,敢于选择一条人迹稀少,难以回头的路。对于大多数人来说,只能对一条“未选之路”唏嘘、向往:要是当初……
是啊,没有走成的路,总是充满浪漫、神奇,让人缅想、神往。