Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
黄色的树林里分出两条路,
And sorry I could not travel both
可惜我不能同时去涉足,
And be one traveler, long I stood
我在那路口久久伫立,
And looked down one as far as I could
我向着一条路极目望去,
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
直到它消失在丛林深处。
Then took the other, as just as fair,
但我却选择了另外一条路,
And having perhaps the better claim
它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
显得更诱人,更美丽;
Though as for that the passing there
虽然在这条小路上,
Had worn them really about the same,
很少留下旅人的足迹。
And both that morning equally lay
那天清晨落叶满地,
In leaves no step had trodden black.
两条路都未经脚印污染。
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
啊,留下一条路等改日再见!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
但我知道路径延綿无尽头,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
恐怕我难以再回返。
I shall be telling this with a sigh
也许多少年后在某个地方,
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
我将轻声叹息将往事回顾:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
一片树林里分出两条路——
I took the one less traveled by,
而我选择了人际更少的一条,
And that has made all the difference
从此决定了我一生的道路。
这是美国诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特创作的一首意境深邃的哲理诗。获过被称为“科幻小说诺贝尔奖”——雨果奖的著名科幻小说家刘慈欣,在他的小说《球状闪电》中曾反复引用,是几位科学家的座右铭。诗人在诗中选了一条人迹稀少、布满荆棘的道路,并坚定的走下去。多少年后,当邵春阳回首望去,他是否知道年少高考时面临人生千百种选择时,他选择是一条漫长而又光荣的荆棘路。