【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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- l  D8 n8 f# l6 H6 Z    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
1 @5 I9 g. l2 n' q' a. _& z1 c, Dout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" A. l! O+ G- C# |wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
" {  ?! T7 u8 ^  j; c- D+ ]7 C  p# s7 hPrecious to me.
0 P* T5 O1 X1 ?% F; q# RIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
! S  \) k# n7 VLive in the layers
1 z( I$ S9 l$ u- \7 P3 L  ynot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
2 j" Y1 b" u. ?- T3 u; n: mI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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" T) b& n5 {) z# |! H* X* l: Q# Q原文在此：
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# x7 Z) b% V* v# P  s: j/ `1 [The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
2 l! x! y% e7 ?% R: ]0 y* ksome of them my own,
+ A7 }- }9 Y! }+ rand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
0 h8 u1 R9 v, h% b0 @+ nnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
" B+ a% ]* j, o. H0 E$ o' I( L! t; gover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
( \" M2 l0 V$ r; i* T8 nHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
1 c3 o; B  n3 h2 SIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
# e* W+ Y  @5 L0 M( N* gthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
, r, a" V9 e2 P0 \1 y) O& Cwith my will intact to go
6 @1 k  s0 N) bwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
$ R: Z5 B2 S! m2 qIn my darkest night,
% R! p  p: L) u: Twhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
7 D/ z# o+ w* W3 P$ n0 ~/ Oa nimbus-clouded voice
" z9 ?" r, W# k! a7 Gdirected me:
. o/ W: {4 C* H5 T"Live in the layers,
! G8 Y4 M4 C: Vnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
  e! P2 a% N1 [to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
2 C* E# }4 S! p) ^  w1 Tin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
6 O9 A. _% r7 E7 J—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

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