老诗新赏: 没有走的那条路

非常喜欢Frost的这首诗。言语平实却发人深省。

常常在想，如果当初我们选择了另外一条路，今天的生活又会是什么样的呢？

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.

                                                             未选之路 

                                              （美）罗勃．佛洛斯特

                       从黄色树林里岔出两条路

                       只可惜我不能同时穿行

                       我这个旅人 长久驻足

                       眺望其中的一条竭尽双目

                       只见它隐入层林深处

 

                       不过我选了另外一条 同样的美好

                       也许还有更妙的理由 

                       因其杂草丛生且引人探寻

                       虽然不论经由哪条路

                       都一样会留下脚步

                       那天早晨树叶落满

                       未经踩踏的两条小路

                       呵 我将第一条路留待以后再走

                       但我知晓前路漫漫无尽头

                       能否再返着实堪忧
 

                       多年以后也许在某处

                       我会轻轻一叹把此事讲述

                       树林里岔出两条路

                       我选了一条人迹更少的走

                       这一生便如此被造就.

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                           没有走的路　　　　
　
 

                                             黄树林里分叉两条路，

                       只可惜我不能都踏行。

                       我，单独的旅人，伫立良久，

                       极目眺望一条路的尽头，看他隐没在林从深处。

 
                                              于是我选择了另一条路，

                       一样平直，也许更值得，

                       因为青草茵茵，还未被踩过，

                       若有过往人踪，路的状况会相差无几。

                       那天早晨，两条路都覆盖在枯叶下，没有践踏的污痕；

                       啊，原先那条路留给另一天吧！

                       明知一条路会引出另一条路，

                       我怀疑我是否会回到原处。

 

                       在许多许多年以后，在某处，

                       我会轻轻叹息说：

                       黄树林里分叉两条路，而我----

                       选择了较少人迹的一条，

                       使得一切多么地不同。

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                               未选择的路

                        黄色的树林里分出两条路，

                        可惜我不能同时去涉足，

                        我在那路口久久伫立，

                        我向着一条路极目望去，

                        直到它消失在丛林深处。

 

                        但我却选了另外一条路，

                        它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，

                        显得更诱人、更美丽，

                        虽然在这两条小路上，

                        都很少留下旅人的足迹，

 

                        虽然那天清晨落叶满地，

                        两条路都未经脚印污染。

                        呵，留下一条路等改日再见！

                        但我知道路径延绵无尽头，

                        恐怕我难以再回返。

 

                        也许多少年后在某个地方，

                        我将轻声叹息把往事回顾，

                        一片树林里分出两条路，

                        而我选了人迹更少的一条，

                        从此决定了我一生的道路。

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