【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。
) [+ b) I% P% m( g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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5 n. I" l. D- h! @    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
7 W4 X; N! W' ?and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
# V6 d; e& E( L) A, u! iout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
- [: i( E, r6 J/ b# M1 [- x: Twith my will intact to go
5 j7 A" Z7 {/ D! g$ f. Hwherever I need to go,
4 k( t% l* [: r  p( Pand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
  }" S2 Q3 M* ^' J* l5 L4 Vwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
. l* p1 t6 C$ zdirected me:
Live in the layers
3 W1 q% U6 A% P& X/ }not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
2 v/ u+ H' k& l6 F6 J. N0 rto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
" c! _, L1 Y/ t6 O: Zis already written.
& |  ]4 D! [, ~. Q! z- mI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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$ D3 x, p9 F3 w8 u! W原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
+ w. O, {3 F& ~' ?3 O) H) e, esome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
1 y1 t, ^+ L. X2 X2 l  P+ Fthough some principle of being
7 z2 Z' _3 t6 H/ h. |abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
6 c# `( R# b6 \) ZWhen I look behind,
7 N( l3 Q! b' yas I am compelled to look
3 `1 R; L) [# ^0 \" F3 \4 Wbefore I can gather strength
5 n1 @3 `2 T' }: m0 P% B( Wto proceed on my journey,
# [, J- q' c3 i  t. {I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
, b1 {% \/ E. H, X9 Xfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
  ?+ i1 u' Z8 Y/ f4 _8 mwheel on heavy wings.
5 w4 K# m& K' M6 U1 ?8 DOh, I have made myself a tribe
4 q/ V# d' T; q6 {4 Uout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
8 t) \/ `8 H# R$ n" ZHow shall the heart be reconciled
. a0 E, d  b# hto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
$ z8 f; w* M! `& K( ~3 kthe manic dust of my friends,
( x1 Q+ L, w0 othose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
& R( Y7 o) ~- X! rYet I turn, I turn,
" _+ u- l) `$ }& _exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
( X% Y* _; H; w, X  @1 aprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
: v" C+ U! q1 l9 [5 p) hand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
* A( d* i  G1 K! s  ?Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
; a$ `3 e' G- O3 A" m/ }; J2 Xin my book of transformations
6 U# g0 D- |+ V# |! _3 h- a/ His already written.
# S8 d5 F/ i. B* TI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

9 @; h1 K% G$ ]- ~4 B* Q' \7 Y7 {[ 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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& `7 i% t" Q- `. n% m. i3 @) F3 b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