【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。
0 V2 i) v! r. S3 H( ]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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. X& }4 W( A2 Q7 W7 s    The layers
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- T! `/ h1 u+ ^: f$ _, tI have walked through many websites,
# Q0 Q2 N: V4 T$ u6 A& tsome of them I like,
$ ~+ a. f1 k& ]0 S9 j. sand some of them I do not like.
3 s0 Z. n7 t; {Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
2 r. Q9 s# h* @2 n' W$ k, }! c+ E, Wout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
0 ]2 y& y; x: I4 Hwith my will intact to go
! G9 h& b, [  I7 i( B/ g; \3 swherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
1 E0 m) s! A& N5 Lwhen the moon was covered
6 h; Q0 O# y# B" Yand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
! Q% u* n2 A. X3 h3 ]directed me:
9 R' h) d' M1 o9 gLive in the layers
not on the litter.
( P: M. e" k2 AThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
+ P% W1 F( P$ r8 BI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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7 \0 U3 C! C! i2 m原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
6 a3 x  G0 ]& b# T$ Vsome of them my own,
% \1 Z' t' K  b; v7 |7 _) L# i/ @7 {! [and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
' z/ p" J# e& w/ r' ?4 k) Onot to stray.
When I look behind,
" M5 F$ D3 a" N1 u+ g8 tas I am compelled to look
, S: _; ~+ Q; E# R0 s" Jbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
. F: h+ q" t- y6 h; K0 N& B- K% mand the slow fires trailing
/ O* |! i/ a; E3 r0 n# {from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
( p; G. v# d% LHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
% A' t) B( V* E: xthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
3 w( T$ E' Y2 H- E# M$ TIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
* ?( X; b8 D7 G( W! Sa nimbus-clouded voice
# g% K" {9 B* W  \5 zdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
3 f. d8 M: T: z8 I; inot on the litter."
  O6 ?1 c0 T. G8 Y* D; dThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
" R6 k, [% `/ b( P( z3 C6 l9 cno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
+ {! N# a' x! ^% t. zis already written.
% {+ S& }8 n! }( F% NI am not done with my changes.
' n# e. U8 ~" [2 c  w—Stanley Kunitz
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/ `3 ^" J/ ?; i3 O1 v5 G[ 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

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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
. Y; Q1 U! l1 Z' d谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

" Y9 p1 U/ X- }) S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