【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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: V4 X+ F* P. L/ B( [9 O- e    The layers
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  J6 a( i" H; t4 K4 ^I have walked through many websites,
; v% |* _- B8 d/ B" Q" }some of them I like,
( P: F) J  W, C8 Y  ?, W0 i$ sand some of them I do not like.
/ L  l4 a7 Z# [1 R% NOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
7 S# \: n6 [% @1 H& q7 I! hout of his true affections.
2 p" R: }9 Z" C" `4 ~I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
/ X. D* B* j6 X3 g7 w. E0 k5 I& U$ `In my darkest night,
) N# V8 ]  p! ?3 k/ Cwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
9 t% s- }. V- {: e/ n- unot on the litter.
4 e( g- N8 A. T* W& KThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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* X5 g; v5 ~  B3 |5 E4 m$ F& ?原文在此：

The Layers
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- |1 d2 G' g1 P! m9 `' T7 gI have walked through many lives,
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and I am not who I was,
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abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
: @5 `$ O* G) {When I look behind,
( T$ J/ |% u. d( W) {6 fas I am compelled to look
  i: n( @4 Q9 m" w+ E7 W( @" jbefore I can gather strength
/ k! U  z4 X  K* U  F9 ?to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
: m0 @9 Z1 Y# H0 T4 p$ htoward the horizon
7 C: y5 U1 `# }+ h, T/ |1 band the slow fires trailing
2 ]. D5 Q7 G4 c/ ?: Nfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
/ n, p1 r# N  d0 \6 Y+ COh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
/ G# ~7 l! G6 d, VYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
( f2 F7 O8 F! Z# z0 Y1 `with my will intact to go
9 \! G( \/ b( A" p- `% Z2 Iwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
, r8 r* k$ A, |* H1 s+ N) awhen the moon was covered
: d5 ]  ^$ K( G7 R/ T+ ?and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
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3 o) ?6 j% B$ m7 M4 c; X7 N$ J"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
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in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
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5 J! `: a# I' `% q, D- R6 [) 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
6 l* S' H# i8 C/ r8 p' l! d; ~/ K' b" r你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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# l, I0 {+ a$ Q$ M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

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