The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost (1874–1963)
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
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 trodden 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 sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Mountain Interval (1916)
Zdá se to tak zatraceně nedávno, co se přede mnou rozdělily dvě cesty a já se vydal tou méně prošlapanou. V březnu 2002 jsem sedl do letadla Aeroflotu s tím, že jedu na rok do Čečny a okolí. Za chvíli sedám do jiného letadla, ázerbajdžánských aerolinií Azal, které mě dopraví do Dubaje, odkud se vydám do Kábulu. „Knowing how way leads on to way“ se těším, co nová, nepoznaná cesta přinese.