【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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    The layers

+ E  a3 j4 d% @" H& yI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
( e( Z" Q" k) g8 HOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
9 i; l! @! i4 Y- sout of his true affections.
: r, B* w4 ]  `8 s) L: w6 R. B, MI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
5 ?8 J/ r; b+ cwherever I need to go,
) `: D; j' V2 K, v( }and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
4 ^5 @+ k- O0 ]( S5 l, w2 Hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
; G: c$ q2 A. q" l) hdirected me:
$ V4 ^: k+ t3 e! ^' JLive in the layers
( B+ B& R, N. g% {+ cnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
+ m+ W- y: o, S2 u" Ito decipher it,
: ]' y- t  l. rno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
" `, X( Y7 ^( J9 v) F# E/ y1 qis already written.
& D$ @8 ?; w! ]1 E- P) eI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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, _- A" P6 k  o原文在此：

* L' w) I/ x6 _% ]The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
: T/ Q- G0 p2 g# ^, E" P, Iand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
' b" T- p. [" W; J0 N: M3 {abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
7 a9 d. y* t9 S. L$ k' ~before I can gather strength
( [! p/ L: l" W+ l9 i0 ], w! Pto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
  p% X) G- Y4 k$ ~2 s( L0 mand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
: V% |# a4 @. {2 _out of my true affections,
4 d* u! ^1 i. Z5 S" y, j5 M2 s7 ]and my tribe is scattered!
9 @) T- g$ y( H" JHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
8 N$ v' [: {' D# x; }In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
# _& k% D3 [3 P% `; s: a6 O+ ythose who fell along the way,
  S- [# {8 I- g. tbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
  d% y% \. e0 D4 wwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
4 e0 i# K% j) v: j3 s1 Iand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
1 E! T% C' u% Z7 S6 e$ Ywhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
3 g) m5 D" h) Q, Adirected me:
$ U* S$ Z( k: t1 W5 U$ E"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
" [' |( i9 `! w2 g3 q; y2 [+ XThough I lack the art
! _* ?4 a) |5 f7 w# p( ~to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
' Q6 _8 ^; @. jin my book of transformations
0 {0 I: `1 s8 N( o" Z6 [is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
3 r; R9 R! I0 {+ l. U' Q. f. v* W—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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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, U7 s, L8 y/ G" @5 J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