荒漠之地

鲍海飞 2010-5-24

世间什么最荒凉？是那空旷的原野？还是不尽的星空？那空旷的原野也许并不能把人吓倒，不尽的星空也许不会让人感觉孤独。天宇中，哪颗星会投下灿烂的光辉？照耀着大地是否也能照耀到你？孤独也许不能把人吓倒。然而有一种恐惧、一种荒凉却让人不寒而栗，那是什么？看看，Robert Frost的这首著名的诗歌，他也许会告诉你点点滴滴…….

Desert Places

Robert Frost

Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.
夜落雪飘急又急，

独步原野望天际；

漫天飞雪罩大地，

唯有杂草残梗遗。
The woods around it have it - it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.
森林白雪空寂寂，

无奈走兽穴中息；

心不在焉不再想，

不意我亦空孤寂。
And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less -
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
WIth no expression, nothing to express.
孤寂独处雪夜地，

未到尽时更凄迷；

落地白雪岂能知，

无言无语无思绪。
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars - on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.
天际之间无人迹，

空旷天宇我不惧；

天地尽在我心宇，

心之荒地更恐惧