雪夜林畔小駐

——羅伯特·弗羅斯特（余光中 譯）

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though；

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sounds the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely， dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep，

And miles to go before I sleep，

And miles to go before I sleep.

想來我認(rèn)識(shí)這座森林，

林主的莊宅就在鄰村，

卻不會(huì)見我在此駐馬，

看他林中積雪的美景。

我的小馬一定頗驚訝：

四望不見有什么農(nóng)家，

偏是一年最暗的黃昏，

寒林和冰湖之間停下。

它搖一搖身上的串鈴，

問我這地方該不該停。

此外只有輕風(fēng)拂雪片，

再也聽不見其他聲音。

森林又暗又深真可羨，

但我還要守一些諾言，

還要趕多少路才安眠，

還要趕多少路才安眠。

作者簡介：

羅伯特·弗羅斯特（1874—1963），美國著名的詩人，曾獲得四次普利策獎(jiǎng)。代表作品有《少年的意志》《波士頓以北》《新罕布什爾》《西去的溪流》《林間空地》等。