Two roads diverged1 in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth2;

Then took the other,  as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim3,
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 trodden4 black,
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 sigh5
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference．

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黄叶染林遇岔道，
可惜不能都走到，
孑然游子长久立，
举目眺望路尽头，
小路弯弯隐丛林；

若走彼路也有理，
或许走来更容易：
此路草荒无人辟。
同是来来往往路，
都踩彼路为坦途！

早晨黄叶满两路，
干干净净无足迹，
且留彼路待来日！
一步迈出路通路，
何日回来逛坦途？

多年以后提此事，
只能仰天一叹息——
两路分岔在秋林，
选定一路少足迹
人生由此迥然异！

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诗人10岁时父亲去世，由于家境贫寒、身体欠佳而两次辍学。所谓“物不平则鸣”，他的诗歌往往抒发了对人生的反思，既情感丰富，又饱含人生哲理，但绝不流于抽象的说教或空洞的玄妙。
    此诗以黄叶染林似火、铺地如毯的秋天为背景——秋天本身就是引人深思的季节，以路为喻，点明了“自古雄才多磨难”的真理——诗人宁愿走一条人迹罕至、荆棘丛生的路，因为“一步迈出路通路”：一切成功都始自满怀坚定信念与不屈意志的脚下！
    此诗用语平淡，却颇有陶渊明“采菊东篱下，悠然见南山“那种淡泊之美——绚极之后的隽永、华采之后的自然。