【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。
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

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
* o; C3 V& J, r0 \3 J% ]and some of them I do not like.
$ }$ d8 b) Y$ i5 ZOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
( @0 f' _$ u% r- \out of his true affections.
I go, I go
; j* Z" ~" R" G& L' K6 w4 K6 texulting somewhat,
: H. n1 {! ?1 V5 `" x: n& q7 cwith my will intact to go
' ^3 x7 q: t" l% rwherever I need to go,
- E) l; p/ N. N, H2 p  H# I3 ?- C& Dand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
2 |! f" c+ X" x5 ^) y: `Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
) }" b7 P  v4 ?when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
6 a7 {4 w& w% h+ E, \3 u# E$ }Live in the layers
7 l8 h+ a4 z' D3 c( c' f# d/ \not on the litter.
1 L0 F3 k) c* r2 mThough I lack the art
. f8 z' a& r* Ato decipher it,
) L9 o  W8 t4 x% M7 ?no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

! T. O# L* Q2 l  a原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
" D* a+ I9 \& Isome of them my own,
& h" z' x  T: \. |and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
9 A: v5 c! J$ H( k) D6 g: _abides, from which I struggle
& l4 U8 L* o. [1 M* Q6 pnot to stray.
$ K* B/ k# C, \3 kWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
, i1 P5 W  E  M1 B  |% Rtoward the horizon
% J' \; w9 {# w1 y( `+ cand the slow fires trailing
; _) k3 ]! \5 U, `3 efrom the abandoned camp-sites,
3 d* t) ^3 i8 V! _6 n9 g1 c8 Oover which scavenger angels
2 R; v- B3 j: k: o8 Swheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
& [. }) P' }- S- f: Eout of my true affections,
' Q7 @- @( [" Oand my tribe is scattered!
; m$ E. F# F' G: \- HHow shall the heart be reconciled
/ F5 v) s2 e3 ^. s4 n/ z% ?8 {to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
; g% y7 c7 F1 ~2 R( {$ [the manic dust of my friends,
" X0 _- {$ y+ cthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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with my will intact to go
: ^( E- c: i4 Q* x  L) xwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
) u4 Z, B( Y( cand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
( Z  l+ M- ~2 g3 ]  p2 ~& {! _not on the litter."
9 N; M3 L& x/ }* {8 }% f% r" ]Though I lack the art
6 \& d* {7 o4 R' i( a5 rto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
0 z# V+ A2 R$ d2 Ain my book of transformations
( x: }4 s+ T  [: y, n9 b9 ]is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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
& f$ ?; Y  E$ p' y% b5 H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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1 o! O/ Z8 {2 c, o) w% u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
2 k/ O% p2 E" y! Q- o+ E6 R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