弗罗斯特《未选择的路》：树林里有两条路 The Road Not Taken

The Road Not TakenRobert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo 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 thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn 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 sighSomewhere 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.未选择的路罗伯特·弗罗斯特 （顾子欣 译）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。但我却选择了另外一条路，它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，显得更诱人，更美丽；虽然在这条小路上，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！但我知道路径延綿无尽头，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——而我选择了人际更少的一条，从此决定了我一生的道路。［雪梨有话说］罗伯特·弗罗斯特（1874—1963年），美国诗人，四次获得普利策奖。他的诗歌文字朴素，可能也与诗人的经历有关，他做过鞋匠、教师和农场主，他的文字也很像是生命的牧歌，是20世纪比较少有的不太具备现代派风格的诗人。“路”这个意象，从来不止蕴含了脚下踏的泥土地这样实在的含义。屈原说“路漫漫其修远兮”，鲁迅说“其实地上本没有路”，但丁说“走自己的路”，马克思说“人类学会走路，也得学会摔跤”。这首诗歌十分有名，蕴含普世的人生哲理，但是有多种解读方式。雪梨觉得这首诗写出了做抉择的困难——前路凶吉未卜的不安，和不能重新来过的遗憾。日后不论肥马轻裘还是风餐雨宿，回想当时做的决定，不知作何感想。很多人拿这首诗说诗人自己的职业选择。他放弃了教职，一心写诗。可是雪梨觉得，如果诗人心中全无遗憾，那么这首诗的名字就不会叫“The Road not Taken”了。BGM: Heartbreaking - Kevin MacLeod

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