2 The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not tavel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To 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 there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In 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 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.

难词释义

diverge [daɪˈvɜːrdʒ] v. 分叉；岔开

bent [bent] v. （使）拐弯，弯曲（bend的过去式）

undergrowth [ˈʌndərˌgrəʊθ] n. 矮树丛，灌木丛

trodden [ˈtrɑːdn] v. 踩，踏（tread的过去分词）

未选择的路

罗伯特·弗罗斯特

黄色的树林里分出两条路

可惜我不能同时去涉足

作为一个旅人，我久久伫立

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

虽然那天清晨落叶满地

两条路都未经脚步污染

呵，留下一条路等改日再见！

但我知道路径延绵无尽头

恐怕我难以再返回

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