【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。
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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8 @0 F" o2 Y4 ?  z0 E! I. a    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
( h1 J+ T9 v6 G4 {4 }8 i  aand some of them I do not like.
) S4 k& J5 U$ ]Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
% k7 F, i$ n' R6 N9 D6 tout of his true affections.
I go, I go
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with my will intact to go
0 e% j% w6 s1 v) @  _0 _% K# A. Ewherever I need to go,
" Y$ `2 v) h5 Q/ S' Z$ {: ^and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
3 j- K: k1 s2 C. S& ]  d* Z/ Q- YPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
- {% I  B5 d) n8 Ma nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
% w1 W" s0 s/ E: O$ g/ Gdirected me:
1 q: G$ j* j9 [, O  KLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
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9 _+ |) e% W( Yis already written.
0 y$ v* P) g* w# l# pI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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9 B3 l0 a1 E! C  e8 d+ T' F$ ]; GThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
4 L4 o' B: l6 x5 u. tWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
0 M: J+ z9 ^" U/ Zbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
7 H; j5 n; }* `" O2 oand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
  Z% B8 l+ I. z( z/ Aover which scavenger angels
; Y  T8 ^9 y6 S( m) b+ g* l3 Gwheel on heavy wings.
" m) H4 @* R$ ?( K0 cOh, I have made myself a tribe
0 u( d0 A3 i$ `. vout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
* ~# h0 M5 h' @3 Zto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
: k- W4 j6 Y  d5 E8 H; othe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
6 R# i2 ^7 M0 u  ebitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
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/ b! d0 V0 K' f8 g- M9 w! Z4 Qwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
& {( ]8 A. M! F4 ]1 rIn my darkest night,
) L+ K7 ]% V+ c  Mwhen the moon was covered
& B( a" }0 j. w, p$ m# C0 Aand I roamed through wreckage,
& H: q3 ?. v. s" ?2 T3 V/ i, Ra nimbus-clouded voice
  k- x/ V" m9 U% [: Ldirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
; O3 V0 |6 V1 b2 X- z. Y' w* T) L' |( QThough I lack the art
. o2 I3 W$ |# o" M5 ]to decipher it,
  O- {- [& g' k" D. Z( dno doubt the next chapter
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is already written.
7 h( C, t& {& n* mI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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5 L( R! r7 o/ E2 f[ 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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

0 U- @& l, ]9 ?" q$ m5 f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