MUWEN | The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged 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 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 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.

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

注释：

1、diverged：分叉。

2、undergrowth：矮树丛，灌木丛。

3、as just as fair：既合适也平坦。

4、claim：此处意指“理由”。

5、wanted wear：踩踏的较少，want在这里作lack解。

6、trodden：tread的过去分词。

7、ages：很长一段时间，许多年

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