【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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    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
+ e" [7 }6 c9 P  d7 E, x& H( isome of them I like,
" V+ W% O3 v8 A  b) hand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
/ }0 l& P' ~1 a, M0 {3 SI go, I go
4 V. A. I* E4 S! H7 Y- P# a$ ?exulting somewhat,
3 p  ?6 \1 x2 D5 T; Kwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
, X( O! s# ~: @. `7 v9 v" k  nand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
7 g) j1 R" s  {! [2 VIn my darkest night,
: p4 g$ R" [- J: R. J/ [when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
4 v. m( Z" ^; d; ^not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
) S2 V+ U% l. H0 R# Gto 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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原文在此：
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2 X8 ^. c+ j- r& O) h- s) }The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
3 q6 h0 N* o0 s, [abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
, k' `# @7 L0 M! I" e  Q# fto proceed on my journey,
/ a/ A2 R' _8 {  [9 dI see the milestones dwindling
$ }/ G2 T) k4 \/ b2 I1 ztoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
7 D2 I. f, T5 I6 J* ufrom the abandoned camp-sites,
/ }. G% q6 a' h8 K! p7 Oover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
3 V4 F1 A& a6 kOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
% F  ]- o+ m% wand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
' l, w# ]2 R% l" hthe manic dust of my friends,
. R- _! z# o8 a& f' ~3 cthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
* U% [1 ~- ]3 v# V5 ?Yet I turn, I turn,
" c% j: H% f# s; Xexulting somewhat,
* e+ z  R0 n8 G& [+ hwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
+ r$ C0 ~; r  b7 [0 p3 l# ^precious to me.
& R8 ~# X) k/ p. G- ^, pIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
/ H) b" Y1 ?, G+ m9 c. S. ?# aa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
+ A+ Z  U, I' T) [  e" xto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
. v9 \4 W4 @4 \, }5 d! Nin my book of transformations
+ D! _' T5 w3 O& c2 c6 ?is already written.
$ h$ K, V. U, Z/ E9 t0 o- FI am not done with my changes.
) l/ W! o  Q  }—Stanley Kunitz

6 O4 }; }+ ^- }- V0 w[ 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
% ]+ s% T' t$ O% N2 W+ R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

0 w2 R( ]0 L( T% c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