【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。
3 g' r/ ^2 e( ]* Y( w# x0 u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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& u  Y% e3 A, i3 f& @    The layers

! g% c' b* ~) S6 F9 X: D( s& EI have walked through many websites,
/ z3 P) \* i- Vsome of them I like,
4 |2 Q3 g/ A/ u( }and some of them I do not like.
, j$ y2 T# p' O! _2 jOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
- |8 I( d2 l3 P# J$ k6 Y# v. ^# jout of his true affections.
I go, I go
9 t- Z2 R; ]; D$ Q& zexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
3 Y+ x4 a, g2 K& Q  }& _4 ?and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
  o/ y" K* @$ B  b6 qPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
2 y; M0 w8 ]0 X8 K4 uwhen the moon was covered
& ^( k) r6 c/ X- `and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
0 c0 O' @% I, ?$ }9 N( a3 `3 U$ Y  Snot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
. Q( G8 F3 P7 h. k6 \% P8 ?& v/ Zto decipher it,
- B( Z  {+ O8 o: p. o$ D" M: Wno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
4 O, j. j8 C( H- N" b, i7 ?$ c5 h0 iis already written.
: p/ V, X; u# O7 _' ^; PI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
9 B8 v0 ?) d: B) E. ?$ X9 B* G; Pand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
  O- r$ l4 D  S# v6 G, v" tabides, from which I struggle
9 X: L# }. `2 h4 B& D  K- ~not to stray.
& X* f5 }$ S1 k; k. VWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
, ?' K, x; U$ p" \1 u, Cbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
& T1 v) o* O$ A0 g: ]! |I see the milestones dwindling
9 z* I" k; e8 btoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
5 U  x2 y; ]5 F" Yfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
6 W$ H" ]3 C( f) k, sover which scavenger angels
6 [8 t0 b( L6 p/ S: i( Xwheel on heavy wings.
, J8 {9 a# n; W& v0 ]& a  T! wOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
5 q1 F3 i/ ?. M- eand my tribe is scattered!
. s4 D" ]5 r) }% ~( V- h3 q$ X0 \How shall the heart be reconciled
' J" ^- ]1 Q  I, A4 \7 [to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
' i% j& c4 k0 c2 V5 I9 `5 [bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
- }1 n1 J7 s3 C! [9 ?' N2 o- I1 Pexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
5 F+ H% u+ \. F2 h; y9 A2 @) PIn my darkest night,
2 [, D/ M2 w! {$ W7 b# |( Zwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
, K5 j, ?" _8 O$ S# Y5 Na nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
/ P3 G) t  ~% f* U# P4 ]  GThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
. T' N+ T0 g2 y* `no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
& N3 @" P: a) }, R. i% |I 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
* u& k! K5 ]1 g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
9 D, R3 g- `7 N8 t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