【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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6 g5 s" F1 q, O    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
* c3 ]+ `/ B6 A' Z6 ksome of them I like,
! E) W) @7 b' i0 I  R6 y, Pand some of them I do not like.
% e$ K: C& [2 k, V: S- ~* t7 bOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
# l0 R" \# ]$ uout of his true affections.
I go, I go
% g" }+ P/ h9 r  p4 K( S6 L3 Sexulting somewhat,
8 L3 ~, N( n& a8 U* T8 k. ywith my will intact to go
1 K# p, x. _: n/ Q0 c( }" r8 Owherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
8 |3 U9 O  v4 Z0 P! f, r$ l* S" bPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
$ y9 U  R% }. \/ m+ s; ?and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
) A2 O7 p6 v0 SThough I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
! s8 m" e4 q; c1 O1 ?, O0 jin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

, B& X! d7 Y0 Y; B9 `" H& s原文在此：
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The Layers
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1 ]! {7 k8 u1 `I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
0 I0 O4 I; O4 ]& f5 Band I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
- U. }' V  E. [6 c6 k0 u, n' O7 R. \When I look behind,
3 ^6 n! |0 I& }9 Ias 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,
9 t* U% L3 T% ~over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
0 ?  |* _  `5 X/ T; H( Iand my tribe is scattered!
. i) O5 a- j6 Q1 k  I( m5 qHow shall the heart be reconciled
- w( L, Y6 C8 l- b& z7 E9 @to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
) F2 y3 d, C" q+ ithe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
$ O4 I; @; y! I* uwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
6 _. Q! F6 I. F* Y) k0 {and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
6 x. y: i) w& o  w+ {) B1 R: sand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
; _2 ^# u( X7 Fdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
. e9 m0 Z) V% C3 G' u9 @not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
. m  K' [" O3 s% W7 v& k5 wno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
6 K2 X( `/ ~7 E- G9 `. hI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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 k) o! J5 v4 y( G0 F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

+ g" l  b* `3 J5 w; X6 Z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