【五周年征文】The layer

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【五周年征文】诗歌一首，根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
" r) G& I# a( O2 V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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/ i: u# P2 o' b    The layers
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5 g6 T% o& f4 |& _% nI have walked through many websites,
: s8 k! t. [/ @some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
8 f# Q& A7 f# Y5 O2 B9 L# p7 }% y! u$ |Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
; |" e, @6 `/ ^3 u6 Cout of his true affections.
! L9 K; d8 p% Z6 C$ }I go, I go
% ]0 P4 \8 C2 d. ~0 sexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
  Q2 a! G, \. c: v: k- v9 |. M* owherever I need to go,
6 a8 x# ^/ a# G8 Pand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
! n! v% N& ]" Z9 |+ B( x$ p2 _0 ]Precious to me.
+ Q# B/ s% n5 i' p+ Q  CIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
& i. I; J- E9 p, a" ~( Cand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
* p" V* u( \+ p( C) f* J/ ?directed me:
# e. _. F. ~7 W7 N* iLive in the layers
9 I8 M) @7 ?: \+ J+ Onot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
% h; G* r+ K* l  m0 `% s# G+ Nto decipher it,
5 X" ]& I; @+ bno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
6 [8 V" I/ r8 p) vI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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& g& R# I9 ?0 [5 gThe Layers

6 r8 P) Y: b0 ZI have walked through many lives,
/ `' K% ~. y! X/ s+ Nsome of them my own,
' r3 D3 F  _0 _4 {! ~) wand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
4 k3 k1 n! f& w( o" K; labides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
8 L$ ~1 D+ b8 A5 hWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
% g8 `0 r1 [2 zbefore 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,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
3 L/ R) T0 z; z: i0 j4 [: E* hOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
* F' a; k- F" y4 k) b& F9 Xand my tribe is scattered!
! h* x9 T% e2 i& u+ f# V$ \How shall the heart be reconciled
/ ~3 S: }5 i; V5 p, |' {2 ?to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
( E' f" [; e  d2 k" }/ x3 Vthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
7 H. Q  ~" _& N8 r/ M& DYet I turn, I turn,
% N9 {& ^5 z0 N, hexulting somewhat,
; G2 Z1 r" b& K5 ~2 B  Zwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
1 `- Y. F! S1 W2 I1 I: C7 Rand every stone on the road
1 D% C& M  m% a: V  n& X6 wprecious to me.
3 C: J$ Z( }. |, G8 x' TIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
0 Y# g9 Y' f% b7 Nnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
% t1 U3 g2 I3 bto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
& e5 m, }/ L6 k! k' }  JI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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4 P; j2 X- X4 `( H+ b) x[ 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
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
0 _, c6 U" E" R) T谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

% b, {& G. O; F( V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