【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



" q2 b; \! D5 h. A0 E+ t    The layers
1 \  N2 a, E& |( p7 ?9 Y8 [- w" L
8 k0 x- t+ o/ {, P" Q- p" I9 ]I have walked through many websites,
) C! W/ Q6 R# N6 D5 d; j0 Usome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
. E  ^' E; b  K) e: ]2 o' W* p5 [$ qOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
3 c5 S1 A. T) e2 p  z" Wout of his true affections.
I go, I go
* O0 X  g8 P% t# B0 v* p, `. Mexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
: H/ m1 S; c( {0 Ewherever I need to go,
0 ?' z6 i) v+ L& iand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
# X: ~( E8 Z* H( k5 W- Z% W. C  mand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
/ Q1 s. u& H1 XLive in the layers
" ^8 h! a1 X. S& e  Fnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
6 ^2 P3 D5 u- w0 u1 h8 ~2 gto decipher it,
4 m! u& z3 i- B: {1 r' u) k4 `: qno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
: U4 A% P- f* p8 X; hI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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: ]3 E, w! Y. w! Y5 O+ u原文在此：
) Y/ \% x' L" h% W  t& f0 m
The Layers

: i( v! ]7 X4 X+ bI have walked through many lives,
3 s* b5 ?; X$ y5 ysome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
" E, [& U% j, u+ [though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
$ F# E2 z% B- `& ]not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
- l* H) g; X5 X0 \. Dbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
( T) K' z  f" q6 C7 Oand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
6 a1 ^- O7 i9 Dover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
% Q! ]0 l  @$ S9 h8 s! R) Sout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
. G, \' ?9 B4 A) X% C1 rto its feast of losses?
+ {1 D/ x& G4 A! f' ]In a rising wind
+ ~& i( s8 d/ U6 I2 \; fthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
  D8 @9 ^) ^: L+ G% r% W8 N/ B, o2 bYet I turn, I turn,
% H; |3 x" o' }3 Wexulting somewhat,
$ Y2 o: W0 R( q3 j$ q1 R9 Rwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
$ {7 g! b8 H6 m# \precious to me.
In my darkest night,
. a' Y: _7 p1 k+ I: c% e5 }7 _* q1 O4 gwhen the moon was covered
* M. q7 [/ ~" hand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
6 Z- k9 z0 q  S4 _directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
7 ~% Z6 \/ k1 ]6 g8 ]% sThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
# r* T6 t/ Y! bno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
& d9 b$ M$ c0 lis already written.
- f# F9 ]& @6 T2 [2 {9 FI am not done with my changes.
. B# b. }& p7 F# x—Stanley Kunitz

4 f+ R8 b8 K( F# F2 ?) |[ 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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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0 Z% t8 |4 P6 M- s9 `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 I7 g+ [1 d" ^! m* R1 r谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

- U+ T5 s) H6 w/ i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