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推荐罗伯特·弗罗斯特的《未选择的路》,这首诗意境深沉,有些生活阅历的人会更喜欢,得过被誉为“科幻小说诺贝尔”的雨果奖的著名科幻小说家刘慈欣,他的小说《球状闪电》中曾反复引用,是几位科学家的座右铭,刘慈欣本人也非常喜欢这首诗,在一次中秋诗会中还亲自朗读过。
The Road Not Taken
第一节
Two roads diverged1 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 bent2 in the undergrowth3.
第二节
Then took the other, as just as fair4,
And having perhaps the better claim5,
Because it was grassy6 and wanted wear7;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn8 them really about the same.
第三节
And both that morning equally9 lay
In leaves no step had trodden10 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 sigh11
Somewhere ages12 and ages hence13:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.[8]
词句注释
1、diverged:分叉。
2、bent:弯曲。
3、undergrowth:矮树丛,灌木丛。
4、as just as fair:既合适也平坦。
5、claim:此处意指“理由”。
6、grassy:多草的,草深的,草茂盛的。
7、wanted wear:踩踏的较少,want在这里作lack解。
8、worn:wear的过去分词。
9、equally:相等地,平等地。
10、trodden:tread的过去分词。
11、sigh:叹息声,叹息。
12、ages:很长一段时间,许多年
13、hence:从此后,从今后。[9-10]
《未选择的路》 作者:罗伯特·弗罗斯特 翻译:顾子欣
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。
呵,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。