【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。
/ r  }7 L% v8 v- Y! O* T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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) O  `# J( R0 i8 V6 V' ]& gI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
  n7 H2 e2 M4 {# s5 F9 [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,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
0 y- N% a3 O2 D( ^; |Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
6 d' D& t! D$ T! \7 N; d. z' u. d% R3 cwhen the moon was covered
/ I8 m9 Z: _3 O0 o  land I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
* |3 a0 Z; j& F: ]9 g* gin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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* z" S+ [) ]- A4 p. ^原文在此：

. i5 q2 m  A7 m: g) T6 {+ A2 cThe Layers

' H5 m0 L- p, Y) EI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
: M, {2 V6 H2 _: @* yand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
4 ?2 p% t; U2 t8 eabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
9 d% e1 A' ~$ i/ H( D  ubefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
, g; M7 C& s  }+ e7 \* B7 ]) i4 h2 Yfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
, E7 ~5 C" u! ^* {" `over which scavenger angels
3 J* l0 ], W" |wheel on heavy wings.
4 d: R* s# c* s# g. V& J7 QOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
! @( k( ^9 m, Yand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
2 s# E6 z# s5 a+ }& gIn a rising wind
8 R9 m0 V# u( X5 O3 pthe manic dust of my friends,
- G5 Z' V8 L) a* Kthose who fell along the way,
- K7 }! K- b6 f) ]6 g, V; a( Obitterly stings my face.
3 X, h/ o6 t+ q4 r/ S: Y9 TYet I turn, I turn,
1 _* m( j3 \( g( P8 d* f  ^" qexulting somewhat,
  ~0 I6 M6 {0 H/ k& [! ewith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
% n! e( A2 x( h9 J5 w( ~9 p7 b$ Zand every stone on the road
" i( ]% d0 ]' \) F1 Oprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
& ~/ Y$ R9 ~  [2 P7 gwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
; t7 {! k) f, ]7 y0 j# K) R9 znot on the litter."
% ^* s0 a) q$ W4 SThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
+ s$ [4 X. @6 C% F: Y+ y* p# zno doubt the next chapter
  f) ^7 e$ Q5 v& d( Fin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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
$ w& M2 x) l+ f4 T5 U4 B6 ^1 ^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
! ^7 r( u0 n$ V/ A+ X谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

7 i0 ?3 A  g. s2 B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