【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。
4 L0 p! g1 w# Q) N8 g' o6 M! _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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& q4 ^$ @3 y* B  q; Y    The layers

5 |5 F0 p, c$ i! ^1 }5 d* JI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
6 c9 W% [8 p" O+ r6 s7 X: p. J8 \9 Nout of his true affections.
0 ^9 g! \# w2 ^) r* G) T( \. cI go, I go
7 D. g& A4 X5 I% d: k4 aexulting somewhat,
, v; |8 l. z" y  \  jwith my will intact to go
" D0 w; _, u3 h1 Hwherever I need to go,
) G# A" D8 r% Q  zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
9 F. Y" d* b$ H) `4 g2 N* O8 k  r' GPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
* G1 I& O$ n: m" ?+ ILive in the layers
not on the litter.
5 C% @" O* v4 D# b* `! P; NThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
- f  n+ ?  x/ m* Wno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
8 T$ k' S* k! X" Fis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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# D+ v6 C( S2 Y& k. |: VThe Layers

  K' w' @0 t0 ]. [  o) JI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
5 ^0 {3 E# N) ethough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
2 [5 N5 U! m) enot to stray.
6 g: z/ P$ @0 L5 B% j4 F! VWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
6 s  A- @& K4 m% XI see the milestones dwindling
  d1 a- f( Y- P# X3 {2 o- vtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
# H, M& D; ^+ D% {$ ~9 Uover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
; F, D$ y0 n' O* c' ]2 Cand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
' i9 V$ x! R( e' N$ fIn a rising wind
6 T3 W% D& H# i! A$ Z: [the manic dust of my friends,
3 X' n3 U6 E7 a% S* ]+ ]: U# j# O+ xthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
2 G0 z& k, \! p: K; T( l1 C! oYet I turn, I turn,
" c4 n' e. p5 E' s) B: n& texulting somewhat,
' k! u  r- z& Jwith my will intact to go
) c1 ?6 N' Z* B& cwhereever I need to go,
+ K% N" Q/ d6 B9 hand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
* g* D# I" A: L# l- a& hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
4 F) ^8 @3 u- Y- l' C, F"Live in the layers,
$ h4 t8 y) s0 r3 Cnot on the litter."
) B# E8 k" p2 n+ T% F/ V! iThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
, F- V% I* C0 R" P5 lis 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
3 t1 p9 K: i* Z. e8 O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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& c6 @* M) e9 y# E# ?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
+ @. f8 q) v% c  w; E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