最近看到国内徐淳刚翻译出版的Robert Frost《玫瑰家族》诗集，在他的微信圈有一些翻译的作品。一时兴起，也尝试翻译几首，和徐淳刚的比较一下，博各位一笑：）
 

The Cow In Apple-Time

Something inspires the only cow of late

To make no more of a wall than an open gate,

And think no more of wall-builders than fools.

Her face is flecked with pumice and she drools

A cider syrup. Having tasted fruit,

She scorns a pasture withering to the root.

She runs from tree to tree where lie and sweeten.

The windfalls spiked with stubble and worm-eaten.

She leaves them bitten when she has to fly.

She bellows on a knoll against the sky.

Her udder shrivels and the milk goes dry.

苹果季节的母牛

最近不知有啥刺激这儿唯一的母牛

她把墙当成敞开的大门

把筑墙者当成傻瓜

她的脸上蹭着浮石，她流着

苹果糖浆的口水。尝过鲜果后

她再也不屑枯萎到根部的草场

她在满山遍野的成熟果树间奔跑

被风吹落的苹果布满残茬，被虫蛀蚀

当她要飞逃，她留着它们被咬得零落

她在小山丘上对着天空嘶吼

她的乳房干瘪，乳汁也枯竭

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以下是徐淳刚的翻译版本：