羅伯特·弗羅斯特[1]

人不必太在意

就像你和我

在意鳥兒飛來房子

好像來告辭；

或太在意它們何時歸來

唱著什么樣的歌曲；

事實就是我們

為某件事過于高興

就像我們為另一件事過于悲哀——

而鳥兒心里想的只是

彼此和自己

還有筑巢和離去。

Loneliness (Her Word)

Robert frost

One ought not to have to care

So much as you and I

Care when the birds come round the house

To seem to say good-bye;

Or care so much when they come back

With whatever it is they sing;

The truth being we are as much

Too glad for the one thing

As we are too sad for the other here—

With birds that fill their breasts

But with each other and themselves

And their built or driven nests.

注釋：

[1]羅伯特·弗羅斯特1874—1963，是20世紀最受歡迎的美國詩人之一。他曾贏得4次普利策獎和許多其他的獎勵及榮譽，被稱為“美國文學中的桂冠詩人”。代表作品有《詩歌選集》《一棵作證的樹》《山間》和《新罕布什爾》等。