【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。
$ y% y  W" `) 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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) ?4 M4 [: K! I& B* E2 B/ [    The layers
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8 w" z7 v+ ^) F0 {' W0 a6 D' WI have walked through many websites,
, W0 d: t" U2 ~! }some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
6 l3 y+ ~) `6 qout of his true affections.
- {1 D, t4 C5 ?" v/ c4 zI go, I go
+ C2 Q5 h, C9 [2 fexulting somewhat,
) ]( B7 S8 p4 x5 Fwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
1 O8 f; e, s% T, C0 F/ g8 X) V' |In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
/ y8 y- V" C, C& _Live in the layers
# p6 v4 ]- g6 t( }4 n1 ~8 dnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
! n0 Q/ h6 C. [( H0 t7 j( His already written.
( m2 F& C+ R3 _/ N% ?2 MI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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* y6 b7 E( ^( M' T( X% o原文在此：
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7 p9 \7 {. U3 L3 f8 ?* Q: KThe Layers
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- F9 B. r6 Z: o* k5 g+ o' \I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
8 ^( Z6 Q( O7 A. S3 sand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
' D( N! d# W1 R, }& Rnot to stray.
+ X) y1 [. T1 A1 M. CWhen I look behind,
% [( O9 R5 P8 f8 W" was I am compelled to look
9 x3 L' v2 ]/ a- @before I can gather strength
! `1 j) \. ?) [* N* Pto proceed on my journey,
  o8 r+ ~8 p2 E+ J' _I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
* s( Y. R, I0 ^9 a6 ?7 Eover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
* k- L1 G& J: C" f) N6 S  S( XOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
1 u2 v$ k' a$ F- |and my tribe is scattered!
! P  `4 s8 B9 q& ]2 [/ VHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
& o  a9 U7 U( Qbitterly stings my face.
* [3 b# z2 G, cYet I turn, I turn,
, p7 @0 a7 q5 ~, I! M# O- ?exulting somewhat,
+ }0 a3 V# g( qwith my will intact to go
8 o' n6 j) D! V8 Rwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
8 d6 ~! V8 y4 N! E: A% t+ }In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
7 y6 Q+ A# L* U4 P7 s, |1 Mand I roamed through wreckage,
! G" c9 C3 o# ia nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
8 S% t7 m5 I; Q2 m) p3 h"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
! z% _! V  U3 o& u( D7 b- `! z4 oThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
  [. Y: R$ D# tI 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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

8 k5 T7 r* s5 E4 M( \/ {2 q8 f/ q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

# ~) x8 N- v  g. a7 {3 w2 _* e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