2022年2月27日

火与冰

 

~罗伯特·弗罗斯特

 

有人说,世界将毁于火,

有人说,毁于冰。

我尝到过欲望的滋味,

同意偏爱火的那些人。

但如果它必须被摧毁两次,

我想,以我对恨的充分认识,

可以断言,冰的破坏力

同样巨大

且能成事。

 

(桔子 译)

 

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 say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.



Gustave Dore, The Gate of Hell