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【五周年征文】诗歌一首，根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
0 A* A \1 r5 t) E* R- e' S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 Kunitz1 k/ O! e" W/ g. |- T; G( }
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4 x7 g( g1 g' o# y The layers- M, t5 e8 e2 z) H& m
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I have walked through many websites,
$ X+ D/ e5 O# f9 i4 ~7 L* P9 T; N4 Ssome of them I like,
/ @2 K0 z* W- P2 k4 l, j* |: Wand some of them I do not like.
& F, M: ?4 T8 H) ?" nOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
1 l; Q$ N }! wout of his true affections.
9 S3 z9 h# d1 n+ i- y$ H* _I go, I go
: H5 L/ f' d) H5 c/ {0 ^% A9 vexulting somewhat,
! n. m4 @7 G3 @& Y9 Twith my will intact to go) B. |/ r) y6 m8 i' N# }
wherever I need to go,
9 A: K6 d2 X. i2 Rand every post on the Edmontonchina Community , g, A% L$ V! K+ k' z/ ^
Precious to me.' f9 G. X! ]; U' V
In my darkest night, " _, g) ?" G' P! b
when the moon was covered* `' j# Q P1 x) `
and I roamed through websites,+ x' V( }6 Z- K/ J
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
& L5 `) U. W. k( y7 V) A( odirected me:
4 Z0 m; j& V4 v/ ~Live in the layers) L/ m/ C' c$ S# N5 V( N% y
not on the litter.
9 u7 Y! y0 E$ H* h" k+ }Though I lack the art
$ c1 ]5 v4 Z0 e/ @1 {* ^to decipher it,
5 {5 e( t" r9 _5 b/ p+ ~no doubt the next chaper8 p- W- }! Y0 ^) U# q \/ d" M
in my book of transformations- w; E% g- ^8 x7 P
is already written.
- x1 V7 X# q1 \$ bI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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( N9 x+ {- Q! O5 t" L' H- ]原文在此：9 ^4 ], |, E3 [
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives, 2 F; z, o( D% \/ H1 J
some of them my own,
( [+ h8 V+ F6 S3 ]3 _' i5 ] t9 Land I am not who I was, 9 p. x- w$ A! n4 B g1 E
though some principle of being
0 J' r7 K. @$ x9 [% Tabides, from which I struggle
" V3 e7 t2 A2 ^* x- [- Gnot to stray.
+ {9 o% l' \8 @, W2 EWhen I look behind,
+ g/ c* ]* @* U4 has I am compelled to look & X* n3 B6 @3 B* J- p
before I can gather strength * B6 _0 ^; A9 P2 |6 ~/ t1 k
to proceed on my journey, # L, o5 r# y9 g! A+ F4 c% E
I see the milestones dwindling 0 A# e- e0 b3 L1 r: {
toward the horizon
; W6 x3 C% v' F! q1 g$ @* qand the slow fires trailing & J5 g1 X( P! r8 I8 P6 Q3 ^6 {
from the abandoned camp-sites, + C# u( i8 Q7 [# b# h+ c: G, [! B
over which scavenger angels
- v1 ~# A% t2 m& |- n! P0 lwheel on heavy wings. / j+ N) `6 u* a+ y
Oh, I have made myself a tribe + @; ]$ r6 A4 K+ F
out of my true affections,
% d" i5 z" d; f& Q: Mand my tribe is scattered! ) q, X7 Q: \( f$ l/ W# Z. D
How shall the heart be reconciled / D- z! x7 ~4 B1 ^9 ~) l6 h% d" N, w
to its feast of losses? 4 V k3 r& v+ G1 i: n) [% O0 t
In a rising wind $ a* W, m4 R; k% `- V+ p
the manic dust of my friends,
# S9 M/ l1 d6 w4 Z6 b( othose who fell along the way,
6 B, F! [$ y8 h% u f, f bbitterly stings my face.
$ i# r5 @( @" B: pYet I turn, I turn, 7 i5 M9 s, `6 f. }4 j* w
exulting somewhat,
5 y0 }5 Q$ K& B8 }with my will intact to go
' }6 M" c" l2 O' p. f; nwhereever I need to go,
@% }* J* b9 t; j5 C6 Pand every stone on the road 2 W9 l' k8 R! d" U! k- J
precious to me. - t+ V+ \4 o5 ~* r J) \1 h; x5 y# D* N* @
In my darkest night, 1 }+ r% \3 W2 D5 [/ B' ~
when the moon was covered ; f [/ O% p+ ~. H
and I roamed through wreckage,
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directed me: ! c2 S) H, z$ ?, p c- T
"Live in the layers, 4 r/ C7 K- G. m! R% F0 ~9 w4 e/ Z! r+ `
not on the litter."
) [: \7 u, ?* W( n* P% C( ]9 fThough I lack the art
" C. Y. I- r* b" R+ p N/ K% yto decipher it, ( }, }- b) \- W- m7 M- V$ H1 C t9 ^" A
no doubt the next chapter * \1 x/ n8 v9 H
in my book of transformations " |, H1 z! X; |0 w% \
is already written.
/ G$ F6 z# W- kI am not done with my changes.
+ K7 ]- X/ Q4 J2 c—Stanley Kunitz
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