【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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$ p, u/ x' M0 \% M- y3 i% h& Y* E    The layers

4 n3 B$ `( z4 MI have walked through many websites,
. p  v1 A6 G) V  {) @, G) esome of them I like,
( V  q: {) ?3 P2 k; e/ W2 d; k% uand some of them I do not like.
) N; J6 `" b3 K8 QOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
  p! N' k2 V) ?- Ewith my will intact to go
7 e* B$ `- u" D0 jwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
! R6 g- `2 |5 K6 IIn my darkest night,
( A, y# G" _* P( Lwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
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is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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0 U" c. B  Q" W. u/ KThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
8 a' ?8 f) n' Y% lsome of them my own,
1 u; O: X. m5 _1 h/ q/ tand I am not who I was,
0 m3 F% h5 \7 o$ n6 V# L7 I% Dthough some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
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I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
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9 h+ d" w8 k$ D/ ^7 d. hOh, I have made myself a tribe
* f! S  u; D1 X  d- \, c$ Z- L8 pout of my true affections,
+ w4 J* b% D5 h" J$ P# y; ~; L! pand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
6 _* K. R* [3 N9 Oto its feast of losses?
+ B, x5 f) R: k! H! k+ ]In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
  J+ W4 |0 j/ a  X2 |those who fell along the way,
) y/ l9 m; x+ F- L! Pbitterly stings my face.
# G* ]. ^: D  RYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
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whereever I need to go,
2 w7 W4 q  F* d1 qand every stone on the road
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" f, @4 N- |2 p% r. ^5 w, x7 a  YIn my darkest night,
4 q; w- ~' a4 j1 ~* Awhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
+ `0 r  ?5 J/ p2 |# F2 Va nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
. o/ v6 ~. n, h% J( o7 ^/ l"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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4 f! W. N# {- X3 i) i* g5 N" yI 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

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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

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