協奏曲: 雪晚林邊歇馬

忙碌中難得的空檔
歇息片刻，砌了壺老人茶
給自己

這篇以前讀過的詩，躍然紙上
揣想在冬日的爐火邊，朗讀詩句
頗符合最近的心境

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

By Robert Frost

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's some mistake.
The only other sound's 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.

《雪晚林邊歇馬》

-- 余光中教授譯

我想我認得這座森林，林主的房子就在前村
卻看不見我在此歇馬，看他林中飄滿的雪景

我的小馬一定很驚訝，周圍望不見什麼人家
竟在一年最暗的黃昏，寒林和冰湖之間停下

馬兒搖響身上的串鈴，問我這地方該不該停
此外只有微風吹拂雪片，再也聽不到其他聲音

森林又暗又深真可羨，但是我已經有約在先
還要趕多少路才安眠，還要趕多少路才安眠