【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。
' Q. ?; B4 J. J) N2 ]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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# L# k' t$ m: C) J/ k3 F+ y/ y    The layers
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+ `* ^9 H0 d3 a0 O9 a4 T* D7 v1 JI have walked through many websites,
3 O0 b- K( @9 d. T$ I- B+ Msome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
; N) T1 @" t3 @  eout of his true affections.
I go, I go
* V- s) N3 ^# z2 T$ Uexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
1 L( b7 v. }0 m( P: Y3 g7 D& L2 ~directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
; `+ S6 @6 L9 u/ lThough I lack the art
5 H" X5 B. {% x) _# \to decipher it,
% \5 G" B7 ^5 w( s; B/ fno doubt the next chaper
) l8 b: Y" Z; o* H9 ~in my book of transformations
is already written.
/ H0 {: ?3 x5 q/ rI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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3 x& ~6 ?0 M7 j5 c: E/ AI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
/ P# ^. {2 l* Q( QI see the milestones dwindling
$ c$ {# L+ ]# h/ a9 n! ~7 Y1 otoward the horizon
0 R5 E* Q3 x: y5 l  ~, qand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
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Oh, I have made myself a tribe
, j8 a: @; n; k. Sout of my true affections,
  F! R& B% A( ~) Y3 i; ~8 _! nand my tribe is scattered!
5 E# C7 Q  m& u7 ?  d! {) hHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
* t" {3 s4 |6 X/ h$ @7 Ythe manic dust of my friends,
! ?7 |0 i7 G, p4 Z% x. Cthose who fell along the way,
. L& q8 ^9 Q* P/ f# G! R& @* R" qbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
, a* i# E0 f! n9 Yexulting somewhat,
: ^! }. ]2 M- I& wwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
7 O) T# D! ~/ A# N4 F/ ?4 tand every stone on the road
precious to me.
& L( l1 J& z, _' q7 n: XIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

1 f- c7 m6 S: T5 J/ w$ x[ 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
8 i% Y6 K! @, T4 n/ P( I. [( O/ y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