【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。
/ O) g, o. ^. o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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" z, L* B& x( b; g7 ^5 U    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
5 t! X- \3 T+ }' w  ]and some of them I do not like.
% g& c' m* J  }* c; wOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
1 [: l8 c/ N. ^out of his true affections.
I go, I go
( @  F) J+ `) C; U4 i! _" fexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
2 d7 F" A5 T9 j4 E  Dwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
9 A  ~( s' q; u# gPrecious to me.
- `6 W: {0 g1 ]8 q, P. mIn my darkest night,
- y0 k# A2 m9 h1 G  G5 nwhen the moon was covered
; K6 f+ v- y! I9 Iand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
6 c+ Z& d& t- ~6 g( BLive in the layers
+ P  j/ X% b4 V4 Z' Fnot on the litter.
1 B1 E; R4 G' K' sThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
6 r- F8 x6 }1 j' S1 j1 ein my book of transformations
8 |% [+ l. c: O0 U, V# V2 i$ ~is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers

; Y  `: H4 n+ m3 w" s/ z: |I have walked through many lives,
8 t0 t; _" Z9 Y# h% _some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
: o; {  I+ [% u* @, Pthough some principle of being
5 u7 d7 ?5 K) e- E) tabides, from which I struggle
: F5 X- k1 t5 o* p! y7 Mnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
- T9 d' |. B- Q5 C  G, Cbefore I can gather strength
/ N  a" J0 G! I* P/ k& [* x, |to proceed on my journey,
2 I5 v, ], l2 BI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
, Y) T5 v3 s+ D3 U0 Yfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
9 ^+ {( X$ D4 LOh, I have made myself a tribe
3 q) M; ]  e* y6 {1 s  Wout of my true affections,
4 L+ h" d+ E' L2 X1 K, V- N  S% k+ Tand my tribe is scattered!
. i* L2 ^3 K' w& s9 UHow shall the heart be reconciled
+ [' F2 P' r$ k8 P- |to its feast of losses?
" H  c) n+ _: s! R- s) wIn a rising wind
8 X7 I( [. \) l% w0 k0 W0 z* h) Tthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
4 ?: k2 ~4 [6 ~bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
$ _+ B7 u6 o8 D0 l/ O. e2 Uwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
+ d. O2 [0 X, L2 }  G, Z5 wIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
) T; b9 ], D1 m# d9 s: B+ O( band I roamed through wreckage,
6 H) m% }0 `/ F; \# ], p4 I% Ja nimbus-clouded voice
; |5 o7 N1 |0 m& |" B2 v- o$ E& Ydirected me:
7 V* d) }( Q: w1 ^* g# H* e" d0 R- v: n"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
# q9 u* U: z$ \* v5 w" v, D4 |* p! SThough I lack the art
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8 F$ t, G) H" jno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

2 o# [" L/ T& r, Q7 V[ 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: a/ n! k1 {4 B# @7 z- [  Y8 i你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

- G4 i/ J, j3 s; Z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
  d9 B0 M: D1 ?0 H  y; O* Y谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

9 N1 Y' D' Z6 U+ l, N( U6 i9 R2 d. ~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