美国诗人罗伯特 - 弗罗斯特 (1874 - 1963) 堪称美国20世纪最受欢迎的诗人之一。他一生致力于诗歌的创作，写作并出版了10部诗集。《未选择的路》是他的著名诗篇。
The Road Not Taken
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.
《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，
却很少留下旅人的足迹。
那天清晨落叶满地，
两条路都未经脚印污染。
啊，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，
我将轻声叹息将往事回顾：
一片树林里分出两条路 ──
而我选择了人迹更少的一条，
从此决定了我一生的道路。
我的简译
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;
在黄树林里，路岔为两条，仅我一人行进，可惜无法同行两条路，久久地伫立着，远眺一条路，在目光可及处弯入丛林。
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,
于是我选了同样漂亮的另一条，可能给出个更好的理由，因为路上长满了想要遮盖的草，可是至于在它上面通过，与踏损了草确没有不同。
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.
那天早晨两条路零落落叶，都没有被行人的脚步给踏黑，啊，我把第一条路留给另一天！但我知道路通路的变数，怀疑是否该再回来。
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.
从此很久以后在某个地方，我将用感叹地讲述： 在一个树林的两岔路，我选了较少有人走过的那条，它改变了所有的一切。
The Road Not Taken
