【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。
# f2 ~6 e- a8 d/ j- d+ w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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- w7 L% ^# X5 T4 H    The layers
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2 u+ c8 L4 c3 w" p1 AI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
+ h3 E5 i/ V. C8 F/ Xand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
" e' C. o; h( ]+ W& tout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
- K4 W* P8 ?. ^- R! g7 n$ D. Wwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
+ z) L# J0 M% S$ d& n8 r, PPrecious to me.
# x! }  r) U& P6 V4 Y$ g. nIn my darkest night,
- F# i+ y" ^6 ^when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
% |, c+ ^  D, _; Q# N0 y# _- Ya nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
4 b( I/ n% j8 r! xLive in the layers
0 p) E* J. j( u% unot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
! |* z3 ?3 ?. q" p) c* ~no doubt the next chaper
  E* r1 W( \2 }2 ?8 Y/ R) vin my book of transformations
is already written.
# e9 {! Z6 X8 u, o8 N7 l  N1 DI 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,
( v2 w* W% B, k+ X7 v$ mand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
# u! J: n2 V% v+ P/ tabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
' g- p+ z" ?, k. G9 Q4 \2 ]6 uWhen I look behind,
2 `- b& b8 l* q4 m$ ras I am compelled to look
+ d3 S  ~. s" v, ?8 H' \) ubefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
) N* ]1 o6 V# C" p/ _% r8 r2 efrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
1 \5 W' ^1 ~% r* gOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
8 R5 _( j. P! b/ B% qto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
+ J& k- y2 l5 ]; V& Q$ A/ Hthe manic dust of my friends,
; @: u) W9 j8 A' T3 h1 U% D- Xthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
% `5 }$ F9 c) p, K' RYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
" W1 I( i( o1 I" @6 _, K" H2 Nwith my will intact to go
% x% b. `, T0 ~5 uwhereever I need to go,
% U5 r  b; X% I! _3 Land every stone on the road
# @4 q8 k! k+ q% Bprecious to me.
& P. ~' _: O" `$ v$ PIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
& `' e- i' D# C+ y0 _4 [not on the litter."
9 d/ ^1 N6 O3 v, n2 @  Q! aThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
* x- U0 Q5 w# r# Yin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
( o8 X) o% v) T6 E—Stanley Kunitz
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4 Y" v& h! V- a/ 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
/ X8 R+ ?; r' B2 M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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) `& P/ |. S6 `, e8 L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