【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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% {$ b" F+ P/ u) _: I& U7 g9 E- o    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
; n9 D; Q. i+ N' L7 E% Isome of them I like,
( K; j% V  b+ M" h* K1 k9 Fand some of them I do not like.
: F  p9 ^0 D; u; V/ s: n& uOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
& y( U/ x1 h. f* b2 E1 NI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
! ~* u3 i4 o5 H1 Fwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
3 N3 t6 W; ~* |4 d+ YIn my darkest night,
1 B) F& s9 I4 {7 a; u3 Nwhen the moon was covered
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a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
5 ~0 @, _3 Z9 S/ {/ {( Tnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
) r: b+ d& R+ F% H* z5 HI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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/ A3 W, G3 x& d7 Y; aI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
+ w7 }2 T, O( g# Fand I am not who I was,
9 K. H5 p% P! I( N. c( rthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
! Y3 l* e6 x8 H& I8 snot to stray.
8 j: Y1 |+ U8 c5 gWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
* }: {$ X4 F% }2 y! \from the abandoned camp-sites,
5 `9 Q9 B. N( b% |over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
' W; T8 w/ g: Q! f2 tand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
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3 b  o% L; O$ gIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
& a7 J; x5 ^7 J( ^2 p" Mthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
7 b0 f+ o8 R1 yYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
0 G$ k+ Z% f# _) Y! J, swhereever I need to go,
( D* e7 ?8 y. R7 \. E. Z/ Jand every stone on the road
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3 c  y1 O( x1 N/ i' L- B* H/ C$ \In my darkest night,
  [$ g$ i0 X+ j$ h# Y4 _* Pwhen the moon was covered
3 r% J" @9 I7 B) qand I roamed through wreckage,
# z5 [6 W; s& V( I7 Oa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
" ]5 `2 z5 R9 p5 ~4 X1 KThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
1 z9 N1 G5 _# ~# [8 {5 Jin my book of transformations
3 w1 S5 S( P7 x) m3 v0 c7 vis already written.
' y! _* x( V3 @7 n9 C8 i4 X1 xI am not done with my changes.
. j  w3 @% F) v. U( w& l—Stanley Kunitz
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; Z+ Q9 y1 c6 U' r) _2 q2 J[ 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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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
. P6 `) k9 S% L/ B9 q' C; r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