【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
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I have walked through many websites,
8 Y1 H8 h& m$ @9 q$ w6 Bsome of them I like,
  j6 N) J# l# h8 z  d, f% a! u! Cand some of them I do not like.
) X, |' r2 d, u# [8 N  v( vOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
; W; u# J* m6 tout of his true affections.
8 J9 S  J- P% Q" k$ N* }+ EI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
' t& X9 m3 K3 [2 swith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
$ |- }6 m: E( fand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
3 ]4 g& ^# t4 nPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
" F) v! l) D- }4 e5 fwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
" l- k2 i) L- o4 y) h3 Na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
, s$ c1 u. C0 T' lnot on the litter.
/ @' ~% _+ c: k: s! _$ k2 n$ GThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
  a$ {5 C+ C3 p# k& Y: Rno doubt the next chaper
$ _& B- R1 I( {4 q2 hin my book of transformations
is already written.
' v! J, b( D- H) ~7 MI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

4 D$ K+ U2 q! V" [& A原文在此：

The Layers
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0 U3 f' s/ ^; s4 i: Z2 l6 H  DI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
" D* l1 U6 a1 zas I am compelled to look
1 X6 `6 Q3 Y* z6 Z( J8 j; obefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
1 w  a5 R- s" x* u" f: ^" RI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
6 ~0 q' y* B+ C# Kand the slow fires trailing
7 S) z& H$ _- Gfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
5 M( a; E; T# B6 Vover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
) ~8 A( e5 L; P( lOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
2 p! F3 v2 k3 s- Rto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
: W2 `7 h9 L3 x* T  q9 p" h8 Pbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
. A2 y3 P5 w, g, ?3 m3 ?* Gand I roamed through wreckage,
! h8 M. n# x/ t, m8 F$ ^6 W) ta nimbus-clouded voice
5 T/ Z6 L1 ]( Xdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
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6 G& j3 u/ Y# E, g0 ~: I8 l3 ZThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
% K/ K+ r& M7 C* G3 d; o& j% h; ?7 [3 xI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
( j; w0 ~- L- S2 C2 D你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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