【五周年征文】The layer

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【五周年征文】诗歌一首，根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
6 j; o1 N( D& S0 o& a+ K% P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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" ]% I& r6 E: n1 N1 T    The layers
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I 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 M! y# t% ]0 J3 z. M* F2 q$ [out of his true affections.
I go, I go
. g$ ?" z  S( O: f: @/ qexulting somewhat,
" }8 r( c' \  D5 q9 T0 n3 Ywith my will intact to go
+ M6 ~* B, r1 l; C7 D% x  l3 Rwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
) ~/ N3 p7 z) `2 l! f4 M$ W; J; `In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
1 N! c+ h- k. h2 @8 o4 r+ Da nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
5 j( c0 T) D2 `5 S3 Y) V7 vdirected me:
Live in the layers
* E7 `3 [  f7 e8 |- t9 znot on the litter.
' f/ e# g5 z/ C$ L; Y5 G4 `2 aThough I lack the art
, l2 W8 L6 l5 x1 f+ vto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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8 ~; p3 J- _' ]$ @0 E原文在此：

The Layers

) a3 V4 p3 c: [: TI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
* y) w5 w: g/ @' w4 Hand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
; K0 \1 g% X; D" Q" X' M2 Nabides, from which I struggle
2 m$ _" x  ~; h0 t  |/ U2 Inot to stray.
4 _' `; d  {  h- v- d% VWhen I look behind,
$ q) k, q' e9 a& P7 D% P  g6 fas I am compelled to look
2 }" V- ]  I) c: U' ubefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
2 ~! ]3 q( _! k8 w+ X8 ^, Ttoward the horizon
) C- i: K( E1 t9 ]# ?+ ?; dand the slow fires trailing
! l6 G* U$ F8 Z! }/ X  u2 l% Lfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
. E0 N, F. d- z" sOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
9 N3 D' O+ P) ~( mHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
4 f/ b- S2 _) K! }; H; [In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
0 v, u$ E1 y5 n7 K: U, {Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
1 P- s( |- ]# v+ Xwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
& E! F( Y# T& Kand every stone on the road
4 W1 r" |: c( M9 o, ^precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
: z8 k- |1 W; [$ f8 s! [; mand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
* f/ y2 g: y' t" b7 Z' E; h' l( ^"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
* h% M1 J& r( F! H) T; }0 i$ DThough I lack the art
2 x! q! S- ?& D' nto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
  B6 }, W+ }- V6 Y, u3 g: z7 m% _is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
; j9 O6 ?+ Y- z& e1 |—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
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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* j9 T/ d# w/ x6 T: h7 w/ E7 W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

8 _2 U/ J* l& x( M6 X5 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