The Road Not Taken

Posted by 小明 on 星期五, 2 3 月, 2012 in 生活點滴 | 1 comment

今天翻看侯捷资料的时候，又看到了这首诗。记得在李开复的书里也提及过。Mark一下，勉励自己。

多年来有一首诗一直感动并激励我，也是我顾盼间的心境写照。这首诗曾被美国人票选为最喜爱的诗第一名。以下列出中英对照；不知何人所译，译笔极佳，平实而动人。也许它也能感动你，激励你走出一条属于你自己的道路。

美国诗人罗勃.佛洛斯特（Robert Frost）：没有走的路（The Road Not Taken）

黄树林里分叉两条路，                 TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
只可惜我不能都踏行。                          And sorry I could not travel both
我，单独的旅人，伫立良久，              And be one traveler, long I stood
极目眺望一条路的尽头，              And looked down one as far as I could
看它隐没在丛林深处。                   To where it bent in the undergrowth;
于是我选择了另一条路，                   Then took the other, as just as fair,
一样平直，也许更值得，                And having perhaps the better claim,
因为青草茵茵，还未被踏过，     Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
若有过往人踪，                        Had worn them really about the same,
路的状况会相差无几。                     Though as for that the passing there
那天早晨，两条路都覆盖在枯叶下， And both that morning equally lay
没有践踏的污痕：                     In leaves no step had trodden black.
啊，原先那条路留给另一天吧！      Oh, I kept the first for another day!
明知一条路会引出另一条路，       Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
我怀疑我是否会回到原处。             I doubted if I should ever come back
在许多许多年以后，在某处，               I shall be telling this with a sigh
我会轻轻叹息说：                          Somewhere ages and ages hence:
黄树林里分叉两条路，而我，       Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
我选择了较少人迹的一条，                      I took the one less traveled by,
使得一切多么地不同。                     And that has made all the difference