【五周年征文】The layer

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【五周年征文】诗歌一首，根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
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

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    The layers

! g- ?0 q0 w" x2 M! yI have walked through many websites,
* I  i, ]$ h7 w8 _" E. osome of them I like,
3 r) \$ C1 ~. F8 ]* ~0 j- ^) Pand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
$ W4 |/ p) ?! d! G' dI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
" s: t: r) ?- e1 _7 G5 i  x  Twith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
( m, X1 w8 a% c7 S9 X) dPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
! O, y5 _' }( g/ E% e8 d" hwhen the moon was covered
, k& r$ V0 q# ?3 n' g! O% Z& H" F# pand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
8 I; p5 L, s& Z% s- B+ V' R* q) ]7 Knot on the litter.
6 U& m8 t8 |. M, HThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
/ o# H  T! A$ W5 Y. ~" W: qin my book of transformations
2 P6 D& A9 N( `is already written.
8 }5 \% O. U$ T. Y# NI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

8 J& X. S3 G( v# j9 D! E, QThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
% J, Y* U- |# L9 o6 n( s, i8 Pand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
$ x2 j# P. h0 e, C' A* @; |( NI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
5 c- G* @$ Q! J1 Band the slow fires trailing
  I  K3 ^9 `0 r6 W+ S3 Sfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
  ]3 _* L! ~3 k9 G: U7 Wwheel on heavy wings.
. C0 U* ^2 ]& k- l3 ]Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
( C7 _0 j% q2 ]% Z' A( {0 \! w5 ]How shall the heart be reconciled
# g# I" Q, _! bto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
! a' H& z  l3 jthe manic dust of my friends,
5 Z2 b4 Y+ P3 L+ I" U' Hthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
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whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
& P1 }  U* b  ?4 Y8 Eprecious to me.
9 D& f0 |4 ^) C1 v; `  MIn my darkest night,
6 c% U9 \4 {; c$ C+ Owhen the moon was covered
/ j2 a# ^. D7 u: ?, Q: V- l8 w7 Q. dand I roamed through wreckage,
' H  m2 y3 Q" j: d8 u1 l: l5 k  Ja nimbus-clouded voice
5 Y& }  R5 }& F( \directed me:
0 w, t' J( g3 J9 R6 U% e8 a: H"Live in the layers,
, N& U4 ~# t' }8 onot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chapter
; z6 I# X" V  q* l  Q4 l0 O- rin my book of transformations
is already written.
$ @, I% J/ e9 U: Q+ k1 Z# @  v2 EI am not done with my changes.
( K, r! X& j% k5 x. b—Stanley Kunitz
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" v  ?0 S& t8 F[ 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
9 g8 D. s, O! n1 o8 O8 G你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

4 H0 ]1 D: Z1 f0 j& \9 N/ _3 @3 {
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

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