【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。
- D1 p% d+ P& a2 X, m- I9 H- L5 p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

& X. T* u! `. b( c2 _I have walked through many websites,
' I9 k4 |) n/ R1 b4 I' K' ~# Ssome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
# `8 Y% {( z7 g/ b0 [/ @/ N4 Tout of his true affections.
7 F, B' d' e# b$ J6 F, r3 Z' }I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
+ R  V3 f' Q9 m6 g2 K: ewith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
" L: \- X3 t2 e. Twhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
# l/ B1 d* h, m) C3 Y3 ~Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

. X: Z# r5 X  g& O' Z& ~原文在此：

The Layers

) F+ T4 p7 T/ w+ OI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
1 K) S$ O; d! a& y2 wthough some principle of being
6 i/ K6 O3 w7 n0 e3 Z1 ], mabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
  \/ o, n2 k, J6 x1 c* Vas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
) ?& @; q* k4 p. U, G) VI see the milestones dwindling
0 K" m% y2 d5 O6 Btoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
. e, L, q3 E9 p5 }( Y& Ffrom the abandoned camp-sites,
  o7 K4 J, ]; e4 [' Z* ^  C" Gover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
6 k; [" J* w( C0 P& Z  mout of my true affections,
+ ]7 B$ d- V" ~) z! Uand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
" E8 y' R+ I" X2 s* Z/ h: Rto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
0 p4 l* n4 c) W2 Athose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
" S  {" o/ P, T1 Zwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
. _$ _+ R6 O& _5 C2 LIn my darkest night,
5 u# X3 l5 Q+ F: q0 k3 Xwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
) L* K& n8 a( X6 o  Sa nimbus-clouded voice
+ Y! [. L+ J. @3 ^8 @' \: Kdirected me:
& b) e. d7 V0 k. {5 ~"Live in the layers,
2 z: P' m0 B& }. P' Tnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
% \$ S$ q5 H& M: j* @to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
! Q' p5 f1 K# Y6 O+ sI 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# P5 L5 s6 x6 f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
9 K) _/ w! z- w3 b' \8 Q8 h谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

/ R6 n, r7 R: N- S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