【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。
( [$ @! O1 |! j! Z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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3 P% \' C% K0 }$ j    The layers

, l9 M( Z6 W1 D  I5 J  f+ X! y# GI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
3 q9 A, s& v  n! a; h# |out of his true affections.
+ \; l  \0 `! _6 bI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
' v6 Q% R  G6 v' q  v$ hwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
3 Z& z# ^2 p5 i5 P% K$ ?Precious to me.
; I& b& h! e5 c" ~In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
- }" q& X4 d/ u  G3 Q' h1 Z1 tand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
( G" J7 j6 O* Y' {Live in the layers
not on the litter.
! p/ h) W7 X4 d8 oThough I lack the art
- f2 @: ?1 V4 `  k2 ?" a  dto decipher it,
/ {) j; x; \- w. S, D+ }0 O0 g- hno doubt the next chaper
& Q, p- ~; Z7 u- M( {+ j/ ]' `in my book of transformations
is already written.
* \. {7 o8 h7 `0 B" J- r* nI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

5 A' K, G9 t& k, ~+ L5 j9 \原文在此：
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& w  K2 q. v" j$ u- \4 KThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
. f& o) V8 s4 G7 Y+ D& X0 Band I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
: v* E# c1 Y* c4 J, B! v: dabides, from which I struggle
. L$ L9 g/ I$ V( gnot to stray.
% h0 D( Z# p+ g' P# P( |- EWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
4 G+ l  L* d0 ^9 w( sbefore I can gather strength
. h, u. k7 w4 R7 ]to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
2 ]6 J' M7 |3 iwheel on heavy wings.
$ ~" R0 D; Q& d+ v5 {7 n  Z4 Z- MOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
# _; B: h$ r3 v: Pand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
" n3 l/ f& O; X6 S" {( u* E: d9 z3 uto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
0 h  g% H: J- o/ \% Uthe manic dust of my friends,
# [6 e9 S9 V; r9 Bthose who fell along the way,
: J" x$ T- C6 g8 c/ y, j! Tbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
6 |  C& A: {9 _with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
4 s5 R5 F; N( h" j, v. ?' R. A$ c+ iand every stone on the road
9 h( B8 y9 f- ?  S8 E; Kprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
) n- n* g& [) E$ v( a) l"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
" s& E! f2 V8 B3 G7 H/ @& Ito decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
  c+ K. [0 B) M+ g* c0 Q/ S: w—Stanley Kunitz
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1 M, R& p" O, q[ 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
  P8 l9 Y- a$ J6 [  s: E* ?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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

) D1 H4 a8 g/ F  o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