【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
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0 {( |1 D* T+ m! ^& QI have walked through many websites,
( D: g1 r  `' Z- T% {some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
2 r& I( ]% h; |8 f0 m  U7 jOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
, j/ C. B5 T2 d- n' T, |I go, I go
, ^4 \# t: k# W+ O0 ^/ x+ uexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
& v8 `" c$ i3 c& X6 h" Fand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
" N! l5 ]- c' v; X6 Y8 Q5 w+ ^4 pIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
0 n7 k) \0 N9 ia nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
9 @6 [' K, G' C  Qdirected me:
; C- j, H7 |  x1 r7 eLive in the layers
# k$ B: k& s0 @/ p% N6 snot on the litter.
+ C' S" p2 v5 ~; m. w, d$ bThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 B. E7 H" e6 r- \0 Jno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
8 `# l* V7 f% [% v& ?3 oI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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& X1 Y* F, x( M/ q& Z" tThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
4 A, B; W3 e: z5 E0 l/ ?/ Nand I am not who I was,
! r3 t- |) j6 qthough some principle of being
$ @* t& H3 }4 _; g3 {; Nabides, from which I struggle
% a( v) A& J7 k0 U) l0 Q/ Gnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
% q+ _  I+ `, u% Nbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
9 d) ]6 p2 m7 rtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
3 `, j% s- b7 aover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
9 O4 C4 w6 o9 ~# {4 d* ]! F2 K0 ^out of my true affections,
: d+ j5 l3 _! a2 M- Pand my tribe is scattered!
) `/ ^* o0 h% o- u3 v0 D4 KHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
7 _5 t$ W; }2 Y4 Y% kIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
9 h2 E/ Y, z$ {4 i' e7 K- g! Nbitterly stings my face.
# R: \5 p; F; B8 r  e. SYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
6 Q9 B8 h# {/ v3 U, Zand every stone on the road
precious to me.
7 v$ s" Z! d9 t8 n4 wIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
6 D1 }( ]" e  m* {1 d, e/ L% aa nimbus-clouded voice
+ y- e- R' u- }" v( }; [2 wdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
/ p: C4 I7 `; r8 v; f( o: G( |' nnot on the litter."
6 }+ `. O0 F; r/ h# t9 I! rThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
  G  A) Y; @; ^1 `1 qin my book of transformations
is already written.
; L- X1 B, \6 R! F* I8 J' I) XI am not done with my changes.
—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
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

& B' P9 ^! C7 i. l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