【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。
3 g9 N: F( [- z* K; N+ R. V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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7 M. M9 d, D2 |* W/ f; sI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
1 N7 ~: R- i8 @7 e+ K9 JOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
8 {" l% {$ H' {5 kwherever I need to go,
) p9 O+ Y6 R# ^" L6 N) U. b* sand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
$ x! ?7 D* |/ f, e% mPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
/ L/ p3 x2 D0 L/ ?and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
7 |, z/ K  F! A. jLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

, v9 N! E$ E' z: ~  Z5 b, V$ K原文在此：
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The Layers

& l) x2 ]3 S* pI have walked through many lives,
  U1 g* n; M$ A5 H6 Fsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
6 ~9 {( D+ k, G) Fthough some principle of being
/ N! s  h6 A' ]( B8 K# z% U" X3 ?abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
( D* ?$ F* O$ `8 QWhen I look behind,
2 A- `& ~1 A, \: H' has I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
1 r( M6 ^/ J' _$ x5 \" Uto proceed on my journey,
- g8 \7 M9 R/ Q' D, D. aI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
3 c) q+ X2 s* U6 Z4 [) P) Qfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
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2 g8 c! {. Z4 }9 C* B) nOh, I have made myself a tribe
4 k8 Q' ^# j; A$ Qout of my true affections,
9 l. f; K0 q* G/ R. ^# ~* {& E( cand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
6 W! k; V- B  [  M6 Vto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
6 P! U  f6 q) Othose who fell along the way,
) ?# L0 H4 q: O1 E: x/ n- Y0 }bitterly stings my face.
5 V* R' d& G" gYet I turn, I turn,
4 ^! u  R3 G7 J, }* Jexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
) a0 a! b, \" F& b& J3 A) gand every stone on the road
* I, {6 w" A% \precious to me.
In my darkest night,
( e( |# B! O7 v& _$ Z2 V  swhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
( G- Q, M' m! g) Z% ]Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
" K4 [2 ~  i: ]in my book of transformations
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- W4 n" R) Z; f2 Y$ NI am not done with my changes.
- i4 m0 Q! [- A( y# B  C* g—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
2 I7 c' R* Z( S( X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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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

  p1 Y, _4 b0 }# ]/ i" H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