【五周年征文】The layer

betterbest

【五周年征文】诗歌一首，根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
, \0 H2 F1 o- \9 [% K# `, C写这个东西就是觉得好玩，现在没法征得Stanley Kunitz他老人家同意了，在此谢谢Stanley Kunitz
; w5 d9 j7 ?. e' M
9 x+ N0 ?4 j: O( ~; q4 ^  o
) n$ ?2 x! ]2 \, Z5 n
1 K$ z! O% d, b+ v- G: T    The layers

! I* {3 t$ w) R0 l0 DI have walked through many websites,
* y- N, t; r- z, @some of them I like,
8 ]+ I: p9 u1 n5 ^# E, \1 S# Zand some of them I do not like.
+ y4 m' r/ V# e  rOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! T) M8 o: G2 m. I* f9 dout of his true affections.
  N1 h) r, f5 S. U9 ?I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
/ V5 l% P& |9 ewherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
$ Y4 `0 G8 k1 I$ J  `In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
/ \% ]4 K! p" z4 g* xand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
2 k+ a5 X; m5 E7 U$ Bdirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
7 y2 Y& f  T  H( M4 U8 b6 ?Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
3 u7 t# v3 W; G4 }% {( kno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
! t3 N2 s0 I, j6 Mis already written.
$ r* j4 k$ X3 `1 o* vI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers
- T/ s" A/ \: u1 e* X; a; ~
I have walked through many lives,
$ k9 a, X7 d- b: t( G6 Z3 H8 u+ vsome of them my own,
- U9 ~- v5 @  s; D8 `7 I" A+ R, Fand I am not who I was,
+ I/ o* ]  I5 |' Pthough some principle of being
* q( P! K' L8 t6 C% }% F/ ^abides, from which I struggle
* j- S# q. N  D1 Unot to stray.
* q5 b, p( n- E$ i3 V. v7 i; `8 e+ HWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
! L( J) }/ ~% }before I can gather strength
9 }) w8 n9 Z; S* ~to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
" E( ^  P' c- [, k; l+ W" M& f' ftoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
; y2 v: Z, s6 R8 s, p% z. b2 cwheel on heavy wings.
0 p0 `: ?+ R. `0 A% r# q; _6 kOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
- D) S0 O' I+ h# E$ r3 zHow shall the heart be reconciled
) O- i( p, d$ ?- Y9 l, l. zto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
7 Y1 M) n/ i' p! jthe manic dust of my friends,
! c" o6 f; Z; i% D9 y4 ithose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
4 D6 T% H; O1 k: c  c- p& C3 ^Yet I turn, I turn,
1 Q1 e: x9 H  Q% |% E% C' _exulting somewhat,
, K  b' c  [% @+ s9 U2 Jwith my will intact to go
3 W  k9 z! J) m+ lwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
$ U  K; E: f: V. ?) [& F0 n1 Qprecious to me.
3 Z& X! \6 c& T, p0 NIn my darkest night,
' h) M6 o4 q, r! E3 l" xwhen the moon was covered
: w* F+ v% X, @and I roamed through wreckage,
; K* {  C6 r% i# a" Q- v. X7 {# Ia nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
3 ]/ X: c" H! kto decipher it,
. s4 T2 A; q7 a8 Uno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
. |7 N7 B6 i/ @( n  ?/ Z! T* vI am not done with my changes.
) R" Q8 {7 K5 I—Stanley Kunitz
1 |. h3 `# v# U/ {1 q. [
( V7 p' f/ n" l" w  R) J* W[ 本帖最后由 betterbest 于 2009-3-31 13:31 编辑 ]

沧海月明

betterbest

谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

小熊之家

你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

小柔

这篇征文好强.

竟陵残雪

好诗，送花—— 一句也不认识，只知道有老杨，还有他的中文网~~~~~~~

朝阳

原帖由 小熊之家 于 2009-3-31 19:38 发表
  M! N" [% u3 M- s8 t$ H: f你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

; J2 A$ q! K* ^老杨已经精通除了杨氏英语的英语了。

红魔杖

沧海月明

原帖由 betterbest 于 2009-3-31 19:24 发表
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

: s- S2 M5 b+ u/ X8 c9 D1 H" {! l没问题，送花~~~要常来哟~~支持原创~~~

betterbest

谢谢斑竹，我一直想把它译成中文，但觉得自己的能力翻译不好