Fire And Ice

Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To know that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

火與冰

羅伯特·弗羅斯特

王道余(譯)

有人說世界將終結于火

有人說是冰

從我嘗過的欲望之果

我贊同傾向于火之說

但若他非得兩度沉淪

我想我對仇恨了解也夠多

可以說要是去毀滅

冰也不錯

應該也行

1.《火與冰》是二十世紀美國最著名的詩人羅伯特·弗羅斯特(RobertFrost，1874-1963)頗受歡迎的一首抒情詩，作于1923年。在詩中，弗羅斯特比較分析了火與冰這兩個極具毀滅性的力量，并在開首兩句道出世界毀滅于火或者是冰的可能，并用火象征激情和欲望，用冰象征冷酷和仇恨。

2.It is written in a single 9-line stanza, which greatly narrows in the last two lines. The poem’s meter is an irregular mix of iambic tetrameter and dimeter, and the rhyme scheme (which is ABAABCBCB) also follows no regular pattern.