阿淑愛說笑: 詩如人生

※未走之路 The Road Not Taken Robert Frost，1874-1963

金色的樹林裡有兩條岔路 TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,

可惜我不能沿著兩條路行走； And sorry I could not travel both

我久久地站在那分岔的地方 And be one traveler, long I stood

極目眺望其中一條路的盡頭； And looked down one as far as I could

直到它轉彎，消失在樹林深處。 To where it bent in the undergrowth;

然後我毅然踏上了另一條路，Then took the other, as just as fair,

這條路也許更值得我嚮往，And having perhaps the better claim,

因為它荒草叢生，人跡罕至；Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

不過說到其冷清與荒涼，Though as for that the passing there

兩條路幾乎是一模一樣。Had worn them really about the same,

那天早晨兩條路都鋪滿落葉，And both that morning equally lay

落葉上都沒有被踩踏的痕跡。In leaves no step had trodden black.

唉，我把第一條路留給未來！Oh, I kept the first for another day!

但我知道人世間阡陌縱橫，Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

我不知未來能否再回到那裡。I doubted if I should ever come back.

我將會一邊嘆息一邊敘說，I shall be telling this with a sigh

在某個時刻，在很久很久以後；Somewhere ages and ages hence:

曾有兩條小路在樹林中分手，Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

我選了一條人跡稀少的行走，I took the one less traveled by,

結果後來的一切都截然不同。And that has made all the difference.

(2006年，台北市「愛詩社」出版，「PURE-佛羅斯特永恆詩選，中英對照版」，頁272-273，曹明倫譯，ISBN 986-7388-47-x)

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