【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

2 B: v4 N$ {. r$ v% O, K* X9 A7 \I have walked through many websites,
3 u& I. R6 e2 P! I. psome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
' H' P/ z) r% F: Z  Yout of his true affections.
# v! S) c' R. Y2 ZI go, I go
7 O# S) g) {$ J2 p# ?exulting somewhat,
6 `- l# O4 U# pwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
2 a! }1 p" {8 A1 A% q" ?7 dIn my darkest night,
! x% w1 g. ?# vwhen 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.
+ v( G! L. S6 A% MThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
9 U) y4 L, w' _4 a0 g9 Gin my book of transformations
5 v+ D0 Z. ]- U0 U1 H  x4 ris already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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) Y/ D# s( A4 I5 Y" D  ^' fThe Layers

1 i' _4 W# ^7 n0 @0 |: E8 X' q. rI have walked through many lives,
: i3 ?; s5 Z. ~. e0 j6 L* B9 rsome of them my own,
- j6 r6 j* y& F0 o8 o+ ~and I am not who I was,
: c. m( k& `* G! t4 C+ T4 Athough some principle of being
4 f# y! C, d  v% y: ~% iabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
! r) }1 d3 A7 Y; p& D, qbefore I can gather strength
2 y+ |" M0 G0 A  W+ M# N6 Dto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
1 O2 y" G: _/ {" N* c: gfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
' c* {9 @' _3 Mover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
8 c( @3 H. J: X" i, [Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
8 F& g' t6 p6 O0 F+ Mand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
2 I7 v9 [, c1 R! Q6 X  [In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
6 a0 ]9 S) d/ l+ C0 U0 m9 d& U- Rbitterly stings my face.
- }7 q6 R4 m  _& P9 I( QYet I turn, I turn,
& C7 n! l' u$ r' k4 O0 U0 ]exulting somewhat,
4 `2 {" D9 K) d) {with my will intact to go
1 k+ j4 D' b; r8 C. C4 dwhereever I need to go,
2 u* |* o! s# N4 o; @) I" q  Z: hand every stone on the road
precious to me.
7 |) i% R6 u, z, bIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
' E2 `2 j8 w# Cand I roamed through wreckage,
$ v6 D% \# ^+ za nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
0 u* L# Y1 M6 nnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
2 S5 b2 n/ f$ O! \* |% Pno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
% a2 E  _) z" a% fI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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5 Z! s- h1 p/ s+ o8 @[ 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
8 v; ]8 b- B( l6 J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

% M$ E8 P: M0 l2 W$ a" N* }  C/ D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