【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



    The layers

1 \( [7 |. v" O# n9 y+ H2 cI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
# o: q/ ]; Y, v, t2 j  ?Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
8 r' h. K, ?7 Y# w3 ?# Vout of his true affections.
# p9 |& a3 v" E% d$ sI go, I go
9 Z1 y3 Z! @7 o3 s- J8 }8 R- ?exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
- s  [& H' i- v' pPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
  w  U( J/ K3 mLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
/ T5 d; _: y. X9 `9 d. r, U- _to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
# p$ f1 E2 ?* O+ C( {3 ^* p6 E4 J* Kis already written.
* x( h* S- P6 w+ V- _( h# ?1 y0 DI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
7 b) m. H+ V+ c. k8 Z; ?
* L1 \4 \- g* sThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
* k+ o3 n' B7 \and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
0 y; b$ `+ x& m. yWhen I look behind,
$ u. b+ z7 k! }# `* W% {as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
4 Z) R2 G0 t! r& S# Oto proceed on my journey,
. \/ E8 Q/ Z" L' L9 Z7 f& bI see the milestones dwindling
+ ]- ]: O$ v8 r' I+ y9 Mtoward the horizon
. e  M( @, Z( W: xand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
' \* V+ u7 S, R0 ]# U( G: l& Wover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
( S, A4 q' f* `9 [Oh, I have made myself a tribe
  J( H, _6 U6 A: C9 @0 Zout of my true affections,
+ C# `2 ~$ K4 v, o2 [$ c# E: y6 aand my tribe is scattered!
4 y2 H4 Y" t& UHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
( ^5 B) }1 y) TIn a rising wind
4 ^% y4 `' |. o% C! P( tthe manic dust of my friends,
8 [# U; {! P. ]; B' w9 I1 Kthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
- S0 W2 R, Z2 @8 y  ?exulting somewhat,
' I, V3 v5 X1 M( Z  [3 Qwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
5 C; c7 b3 w! F) ?and every stone on the road
: K* v- N3 |# J# Nprecious to me.
- [6 [+ ~+ f1 z1 T# ?8 pIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
/ K1 e; l$ j. D$ J+ ya nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
$ O& S# P8 E9 C! g$ X) m"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
4 k+ r0 L) U6 h, p3 [Though I lack the art
+ L+ e  @1 L, a" g( i' A! [& U8 \% mto decipher it,
1 `9 D& Y+ N  e. t/ L( K$ c0 M/ wno doubt the next chapter
  u" q" Y1 |* C6 M- gin my book of transformations
  n" B% h4 p# C: K& cis already written.
" h1 k. N6 x% B0 cI am not done with my changes.
' j1 W' o: G- D# {—Stanley Kunitz

" n! Z; G0 c6 }  P[ 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
# J- c! t7 g; |0 |& K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
# |$ ?) h! l  T谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

8 G' F+ W8 _( J% x$ P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