這位詩人大名鼎鼎

我卻有眼不識泰山

一天在書店內閒晃

沒發現有興趣的新書

就跑到童書繪本區

去看看饒富童趣的圖畫書

沾染一下純真的赤子氣息

直覺地從左到右

眼睛與手指並用地

順過一排井然有序的書背

咦~

"雪夜林邊歇馬"

好有文學氣息的書名呦

於是順手拿下繪本瞧瞧

原來這是美國詩人佛羅斯特 (Robert Frost, 1874~1963)

的一篇詩作

由余光中翻譯

配合插畫家充滿童真的繪圖線條

呈現詩中豐富的文學意涵

余先生的翻譯造詣真是無可挑剔

因他深入淺出的優美文辭

吸引我想更深入瞭解及閱讀更多

這位詩人的其它作品

我接著轉往西洋詩選作品區

找到了愛詩社出版的

"佛羅斯特永恆詩選"

其中推薦序提到

佛羅斯特的詩作在美國家喻戶曉的程度

就和我們的小朋友都能朗朗上口

李白的"床前明月光"一樣

其作品的文學價值與平易近人可見一斑

也是深深令我著迷的地方

下面就貼上我很愛的"雪夜林邊歇馬"原文分享

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Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these 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 is 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 promise to keep

And miles to go before I sleep  

And miles to go before I sleep.