The Road Not Taken ( Class : ix )

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;

ইয়াত কবিয়ে উল্লেখ কৰিছে যে, তেওঁ এনে এখন হাবিৰ মাজেৰে অগ্ৰসৰ হৈছে, য’ত হেমন্ত ঋতুৰ আগমনৰ লগে লগে হালধীয়া হৈ পৰা গছৰ পাত বোৰে গোটেই হাবি খনকে হালধীয়া কৰি তুলিছে। হাবি খনৰ মাজেৰে  আগবাঢ়ি গৈ থাকোতে তেওঁ দেখিছে যে সন্মুখৰ পথটো দুটা ভাগত  বিভক্ত হৈ আছে। যাৰ বাবে তেওঁ দ্বিধাগ্ৰস্ত হৈছে যে- কোনটো পথেৰে অগ্ৰসৰ  হোৱাটো সঠিক হ’ব ? কাৰণ দুয়োটা পথেদি যাত্ৰা কৰাটো তেওৰ বাবে সম্ভৱ নহয়। এনে দোমোজাৰ মজতেই তেও লক্ষ্য কৰিছে যে সেই পথ দুটাৰ মাজৰ এটা পথ গছৰ মজেৰে ভাজ লৈ দূৰণিৰ জোপোহাৰ  আৰত নেদেখা হৈ গৈছে।

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,

তেতিয়া কবিয়ে  দ্বিতীয় ৰাস্তাটো নিৰ্বাচন কৰিলে, যিটো তেওঁ আনটোৰ সমানেই ভাল বুলি ভাবিছে। বৰঞ্চ অধিক ভাল হ’ব বুলিহে ভাবিছে কাৰণ  ৰাস্তাটো ঘাঁহেৰে আৱৰা আছিল , যাৰ বাবে তেওঁ ভাবিছিল সেই ৰাস্তটো খুব কম মানুহে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰিছিল। কিন্তু যেতিয়া তেওঁ সেই ৰাস্তাটোৱেদি যাত্ৰা আৰম্ভ কৰিলে, তেতিয়া দেখিলে যে দুয়োটা ৰাস্তাই আছ্লতে সমানেই ব্যৱহৃত।

And both that morning equally layIn 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.

সেই ৰাতিপুৱা দুয়োটা পথেই পাতেৰে ঢাক খাই অছিল, 

আৰু তেওৰ আগেয়ে কোনো পথিক সেইদিনা সেই বাটেৰে যোৱা নাছিল। কাৰণ তাত পৰি থকা পাত বোৰ কোনো মানুহৰ ভৰিৰ গছকত ক’লা হৈ যোৱা নাছিল। তাৰপাছত তেওঁ কৈছে, যদি  কেতিয়াবা   ঘূৰি আহিব লগীয়া হয় , তেতিয়া তেওঁ অন্যটো পথেদি অৰ্থাত যিটো পথেদি তেওঁ এইবাৰ নগলে, সেই পথটোয়েদি আহিবলে বিচাৰিব।

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

কবিয়ে কৈছে যে অদূৰ ভৱিষ্যতত  যেতিয়া তেওঁ অতীতলৈ ঘূৰি চাইছে , তেতিয়া তেওঁ অনুভৱ কৰিব পাৰিছে যে পূৰ্ৱতে লোৱা নিৰ্ণয়টো শুদ্ধ  নে ভুল আছিল।অৰ্থাৎ বৰ্তমানত লোৱা আমাৰ এটা  সিদ্ধান্তই আমাৰ ভৱিষ্যতটো অন্যতকৈ পৃথক ৰূপে গঢ়ি তোলে। 

The Road not Taken 

Questions-Answers

1. Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?

Ans:The traveller finds himself at a point where two roads diverge. His problem is to decide on which road he should travel.

2. Discuss what these phrases mean to you.

(i)A yellow wood.

Ans: A forest in the autumn season. Autumn corresponds to the old age.

(ii) It was grassy and wanted wear

Ans: The road was grassy because it was a less traveled road. The road wanted people to walk on it, because it had not worn out till that time.

(iii) The passing there

Ans: It means walking on the road or use of the path by traveler.

(iv) Leaves no step had trodden black.

Ans: It means the leaves has not been crushed under the feet of travelers.

(v)How way leads on the way?

Ans: It means how certain decision we make in life could pave for many other decisions.

3. Is there any difference between two roads as the poet describe them?

(i) In stanza two and three

Ans: The two paths were similar. In the beginning the poet felt that one of them was grassy and had not been walked over by many people. But when he walked on it for some distance, he realized that it was like the other road.

(ii) In the last two lines of the poem?

Ans: Here again the poet talks of his initial decision when he thought that the roads were different and chose the one that had been walked over by a lesser number of people.

4. What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean?

Ans: In the last two lines of the poem the poet expresses his opinion that making a choice out of the option will be responsible for our future. Life does not give multiple chances. The decision taken by a person in his present can makes all the differences.

(The lesson is prepared by Bornali Bora, 
Assistant Teacher, Rahali Higher Secondary School)