The road not taken

第一节

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.

第二节

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.

第三节

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.

第四节

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.

翻译：

没有走的路/赵毅衡译

黄色的林子路分两股，

可惜我不能两条都走。

我站立良久，形影孤独，

远远眺望，顺着一条路，

看它转到灌木林后。

我选了另一条，同样宜人，

挑上这条或许有点道理：

这条路草深，似乎少行人；

实际上来往的迹印，

使两条路相差无几。

而且早晨新落的叶子

覆盖着陆，还没人踩，

哦，我把第一条留给下次！

前途多歧，这我也知，

我也怀疑哪能重新回来。

多年，多年后，在某地，

我将讲这件事，叹口气：

树林里路分两股，而我呢——

选上的一条较少人迹，

千差万别由此而起。

写作这首诗的是美国大诗人佛罗斯特，佛罗斯特前半辈子坎坷，40岁才有了名声和相应的地位。最令人戚戚的是他生有5个子女，只有一人活下来，且处处怒对他。其他四人皆自杀或夭折。诗人临死前还在乞求子女原谅。诗人的妻子甚至对他说他不应该结婚，不应该生儿育女。感觉这首诗是是人对自己选择的路的质疑的无奈。无数个瞬间，后悔、质疑、无奈…

每个人读这首诗读到了自己，我有时候也会想，如果选择了另一条路，现在会如何？假如现在就此改变，又会是如何？世界之大，等着我这样平庸的人四处求索吧。