【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。
# U; M0 d' c" q8 p4 A2 U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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: A  u( s* `+ }2 a- ]7 B    The layers

I 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
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
3 `7 k- g0 A( n' }9 tand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
$ e6 Y" e0 L* c) x" w9 s% i" M0 YPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
" j% c4 a9 ~4 z( r  D# owhen the moon was covered
: Z2 M+ s' M. T* h# {. @5 oand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
4 D4 X( l. n! }' T- |& SThough I lack the art
  R+ j+ x( S  e4 }to decipher it,
% i7 K  T) ^( b7 e3 z; Dno doubt the next chaper
6 ]1 N4 I  h! f9 l% i1 nin my book of transformations
is already written.
0 ~' V2 Y- o7 i! jI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
* Q$ Z& A6 Z% F6 }' R" u) X: Mthough some principle of being
/ O* ^- }. _( r- N  N$ @abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
+ O& Q) D* W; U3 D8 K" B% |1 Uas I am compelled to look
8 z' n& [- p6 p3 K0 ?before I can gather strength
4 u' q" v- J' j; |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
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
7 V, C" Q( e5 ^1 Xout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
$ Y$ \6 g- ~0 ]& L8 ato its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
- k2 L9 v) O1 d; E; a* D) D& T5 ^bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
, v* B# s7 V( \8 t1 Vwhereever I need to go,
5 l, }5 N  {  l6 k' N" j$ ]and every stone on the road
  |4 m/ L, [1 {5 X( Pprecious to me.
$ K* {2 W, }5 r7 a+ g6 ?1 uIn my darkest night,
% _, c8 b3 d, m0 Wwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
8 x  z& g! e7 _) tnot on the litter."
) P+ c" z6 C- Z, O) x( w& RThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
9 z; Y# G% b8 }in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
* k7 X" W9 ^  _* a( \—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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
& C8 X. Q( m: a; u- T: B% c# y你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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

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