【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。
5 l  C8 T8 b; i5 l8 Z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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    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
; W5 `( M; _; |% l& zI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
2 \. [, a+ f. o( OPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
% k" n7 r! V+ L1 Vand I roamed through websites,
$ w4 a+ H- c; h- X( ?, ja nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
( S1 [/ I) Y! z" t+ e/ Idirected me:
7 O5 L; [: j- N/ e) |# dLive in the layers
" Y1 c- m$ h5 onot on the litter.
2 |  V, G& C" C8 L: oThough I lack the art
! V# ]* b& ^* X1 _1 o9 q9 |to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
: ?- C5 P" x# s, Fis already written.
& f9 {+ i( l/ g) Q7 d7 iI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

. F. {5 T. j! |# h. G! l; l原文在此：

* e. j5 a$ o2 wThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
6 ?+ r3 W- J, E6 H  w! Q! v9 i7 Msome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
, o8 N5 T, q  @# m1 x2 r5 @though some principle of being
2 N) F5 i# u, O: }# Kabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
# b1 }, R* R6 ~When I look behind,
2 T. W2 K1 D! D+ Q' W% B4 w* ^+ Ias I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
$ f$ m, w% N* ?- l' |; K  Vtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
* \. d3 e0 ^+ w- i2 ?over which scavenger angels
3 U5 ]4 C" O! L, Uwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
  I9 b9 Q) n$ q& Lout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
" i4 @$ u; i5 E5 |1 }: [How shall the heart be reconciled
8 R$ i" s0 N8 I# v& dto its feast of losses?
3 a' e( I2 w( b' X) fIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
% ^2 f7 I% W" q2 b: Z$ [0 Ethose who fell along the way,
4 r; b7 \1 L  u9 B5 x, Lbitterly stings my face.
3 T" D$ v( Q/ y' |Yet I turn, I turn,
+ j7 U8 m$ W8 ~; ^' ~3 Xexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
/ M' h9 C; m0 a" ^8 c1 kprecious to me.
: |' c3 Y8 v, x; Z  u+ c( UIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
. g" h& B" q5 T0 ^8 s4 Z! Rand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
( z6 X0 P  H$ q' o2 J/ m6 Q2 ~directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
# h3 k. b) d* l4 Zto decipher it,
& `! A* m% r+ t7 @no doubt the next chapter
1 b. d! ~9 Z$ z: `7 A# }& v; [; }in my book of transformations
+ h& ~& j/ H: l6 S- d) Y) ~is already written.
7 n0 J3 K  S: S3 f8 {I am not done with my changes.
) P) ]4 r& S4 k; M—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
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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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
3 s, J. w$ p) k& ]4 u% z8 |' 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