美國詩人 羅勃.佛洛斯特：沒有走的路
Robert Frost's known poem: The Road Not Taken
黃樹林裡分叉兩條路，TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
只可惜我不能都踏行。And sorry I could not travel both
我，單獨的旅人，佇立良久，And be one traveler, long I stood
極目眺望一條路的盡頭，And looked down one as far as I could
看它隱沒在叢林深處。To where it bent in the undergrowth;
於是我選擇了另一條路，Then took the other, as just as fair,
一樣平直，也許更值得，And having perhaps the better claim,
因為青草茵茵，還未被踏過，Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
若有過往人蹤，Had worn them really about the same,
路的狀況會相差無幾。Though as for that the passing there
那天早晨，兩條路都覆蓋在枯葉下，And both that morning equally lay
沒有踐踏的污痕：In leaves no step had trodden black.
啊，原先那條路留給另一天吧！Oh, I kept the first for another day!
明知一條路會引出另一條路，Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
我懷疑我是否會回到原處。I doubted if I should ever come back
在許多許多年以後，在某處，I shall be telling this with a sigh
我會輕輕歎息說：Somewhere ages and ages hence:
黃樹林裡分叉兩條路，而我，Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
我選擇了較少人跡的一條，I took the one less traveled by,
使得一切多麼地不同。And that has made all the difference
1 則留言:
Sonnet (1928) 商籟
I am in need of music that would flow我渴欲音樂流淌
Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips, 淌過我佈滿憂患，多感覺的指尖，
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, 撫過我染著苦澀，顫抖的唇，
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow, 調色深邃，清澈，流質般舒緩。
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low, 噢，那能止痛療傷，洄盪不已的，
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead, 某條低沈的老歌，吟來讓疲倦的亡靈安息
A song to fall like water on my head, 歌曲瀉下如水，淋頭，
And over quivering limbs, 淋過我微醺的肢體，
Dream flushed to glow! 夢想蕩滌瀅瀅!
There is a magic made by melody: 有一種魔法由曲調催生:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool一種使人酣然入定的迷魅，呼息悄悄，沁涼的
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep心，沈潛下來，越過各樣褪去的顏彩
To the sub aqueous stillness of the sea, 潛入大海深處水波不興的靜謐，
And floats forever in a moon-green pool, 漂浮在月光滿滿的青潭裏，天長地久
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep. 讓旋律擁著卿卿入眠。
Elizabeth‧Bishop 伊莉莎白‧碧許
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