【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。
7 @" I4 b% o! @6 K( m4 k! b1 t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+ {8 k- D: yI have walked through many websites,
4 ]5 U. {- c# E& j0 w$ E# P& T! Esome of them I like,
9 l# Y) g, ~3 c$ [1 g* n) P6 G8 _and some of them I do not like.
4 h! k/ Q, @) Z) AOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
' Y' s7 Z" A0 ?/ ~% hI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
+ e- n+ Q6 {8 \- L6 \+ zwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
, {0 X# h2 ^/ @( F) pand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
' S$ I" R: ]6 a: d/ y) dPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
: V+ F4 R+ n' p4 \# a* }& ~and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
1 x5 m; b1 w! W1 f9 y' a$ ydirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
. K' c3 b, `7 V# dno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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9 V3 H4 N9 T. N* Q' y* ?2 hThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
) ]' L- _- _# ?% f2 ]some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
% i% r' j0 y7 x" P4 I8 x: z# Mabides, from which I struggle
3 o* A' r+ Z# B# l9 v( c3 x# Wnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
% p% @; a7 P' w! C4 V( P! qto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
6 M4 G4 N- f; X+ ?toward the horizon
/ X9 _* m; w; G/ u4 g* zand the slow fires trailing
/ N- y/ K; b$ }1 K6 M! f7 dfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
2 N, L5 |0 t+ C* \' Q4 c& Hover which scavenger angels
: \/ X- Z8 T' v1 N5 Z2 Mwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
3 Y1 i5 M( H( ?- w  V1 r3 O$ O) `5 Nthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
4 f. |( }: B$ K9 G$ T) V$ Pand every stone on the road
0 o, h, O4 H  I! I" Lprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
+ a+ _* X/ p* hwhen the moon was covered
) C- v5 D" @8 G  B6 Fand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
# z: \. x: u' L6 n5 ynot on the litter."
. G( O3 @8 m- Z% C& v# `  ~Though I lack the art
) h1 Y2 y- a. Sto decipher it,
3 g; I* l. O6 A2 Zno doubt the next chapter
9 c# U$ `( i! r% ^7 n6 v1 g5 {in my book of transformations
is already written.
6 t, x; J, ?8 N" u5 P* x3 hI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

8 s8 D; I6 A3 z* k- h. u6 l[ 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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! {1 i3 W- E- w- _+ s6 n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

1 h1 _3 o7 I2 @# m. N7 I# W4 j& V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