【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



- t( M1 ?; x+ ~) u# T' X8 F" r7 g    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
' A6 V2 q- i+ z! AOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
# X$ P8 Y' J4 k" xout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
3 W1 y2 C; U  U7 n8 A, ]' H  i# Qwherever I need to go,
. \% c' z. z" k- Eand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
+ [: D) y: a. b; }5 M/ VPrecious to me.
0 ?" e, @1 w% L) ?4 D2 t' }In my darkest night,
3 L/ B- R; @; U) u5 j8 _when the moon was covered
( `* T9 \* H8 m5 w8 f. P* aand I roamed through websites,
& l2 E' U7 O9 L4 ka nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
  r- k% e! F/ d7 H# P; ^Live in the layers
* _$ W' h1 V2 x% W; Anot on the litter.
2 y. x+ B. r1 x: t: mThough I lack the art
& `9 k% }* t( i2 J! ?0 xto decipher it,
) h3 i. U* Z7 f; Bno doubt the next chaper
( E- B9 [3 l5 c8 _in my book of transformations
# H; u* h2 I& \: pis already written.
9 y( O6 s5 M- gI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
! Z& W# m5 i7 k. H! j) O, B! v
原文在此：
; A) s: Z8 u" j& Y' Q7 O9 h1 Q
! X' ^- e! S% [4 {. S/ fThe Layers
* z, z& M  ]) A$ ]% o$ Z' [: j
. N9 [" _2 i  L, m; s/ _I have walked through many lives,
- v. M4 H' P/ ?* Q% A+ R7 Zsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
3 a4 k) c5 r- [% Rthough some principle of being
1 H6 @1 J$ l/ q5 ?. zabides, from which I struggle
- C8 @  x7 h6 }8 o( H7 j4 s5 qnot to stray.
0 I5 i. i! A- ?8 P* ?When I look behind,
! e9 }4 q6 M1 q3 n" Ias I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
1 ~- u; [/ _( z4 `- \I see the milestones dwindling
- A. ]+ V6 H" R# r) ^( |) stoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
  ^; v6 `9 V- b; a" @9 ofrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
- K8 R2 m$ T2 ^& t7 s2 zOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
$ s% n% }  z6 r6 d& kHow shall the heart be reconciled
$ y8 v/ ?+ J% B# fto its feast of losses?
; V& d  H2 V- e$ O& [" ?In a rising wind
* I- m/ S9 _5 I& V6 K# ithe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
1 }+ j) Z: h( |# Bprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
( p' m& N+ f6 E0 m+ f" sa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
& K" z: _  V1 q$ I) v% b8 i* f"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
- Z8 R% a# }# `3 qto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
: r% l- h9 m6 G' F; T% [I am not done with my changes.
' z3 l9 f7 ?! y8 M; [9 J& n% r—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
, m, c3 e  F& t- n, O9 X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
. k& @) V# w3 u* l8 X3 C  t7 N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