【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。
7 d" ^) Q5 \( l+ W1 a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
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$ y2 y0 ~! w0 l. R4 x; vI have walked through many websites,
1 T) T' F# E$ Y! I5 z8 isome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
+ k8 K. ^: t- k+ |% l. e; D  r% B  Q3 pI go, I go
/ B8 i0 l. m4 h# M4 r' Sexulting somewhat,
2 i0 s) y3 l" v. V! {with my will intact to go
' y  M/ d" ]8 K: \wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
, o& e$ c6 o6 K6 v5 G% @3 jIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
+ n1 z" x+ v; O, W$ ZLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
, N, W& U, D9 N( `in my book of transformations
9 u) e- }, a6 [( x, R7 Y+ l# b# Uis already written.
* L4 y4 f' s  ^8 y" z# m3 T/ mI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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9 O, q+ j3 X! ?0 s" h( U( Y原文在此：

1 W, |5 K5 e2 a/ S0 U3 i& P' o9 iThe Layers
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% q9 r+ E% n: g* T& [I have walked through many lives,
/ d& t) @6 t9 k+ A4 r$ Rsome of them my own,
4 k8 K  |+ r$ Tand I am not who I was,
+ x: w+ K; h" M7 t% othough some principle of being
8 O! f# V2 |. ]/ p! v+ eabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
! T% N5 G3 s6 F& q% k$ N7 Q4 Cbefore I can gather strength
5 i% \/ _' ^" m3 c. l' `' N% sto proceed on my journey,
' O8 I5 J8 l7 K7 ~. x+ MI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
/ b4 r8 r( ~) Aand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
, p. _( B3 R  Q) H8 v- \# {% z3 vover which scavenger angels
) A4 {& ~  r4 b; V* lwheel on heavy wings.
" P5 m2 E3 J9 d/ \9 {Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
. ^, V5 z3 ]4 q3 R& P% EHow shall the heart be reconciled
+ [0 g  d, o2 R8 ^8 ]- O5 y6 v. Fto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
2 Q% d* H- _, g1 Bthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
9 y& F* O9 z' F) z6 A0 ?Yet I turn, I turn,
3 r$ n' d0 j0 o3 x9 y' S7 B5 U9 Jexulting somewhat,
6 |& ^* X  v/ O; R9 a5 ~with my will intact to go
& x7 A7 o8 x1 b9 v& Ewhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
4 m1 J; r+ ~- v( X9 v& Q' ]3 Nprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
2 M( B! ~+ `# ~) T- Z- T" B. t$ ya nimbus-clouded voice
3 ^2 ^0 ^2 l8 n" H6 |. O9 E; X2 ndirected me:
& Z! z% L7 u6 z6 y: N" o"Live in the layers,
4 L4 _, s8 R! L, jnot on the litter."
# M4 ^8 A' S; |. O# CThough I lack the art
. y1 ^* P. [% ?$ v; S+ F( b7 kto decipher it,
/ d3 K' k( Z7 n: \) Tno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
9 L# i% `- }+ H* LI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

2 E1 m' j/ ~( F* G# y) \) C5 v7 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
6 s7 ~" \+ s% C, F4 {% T你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

1 ~6 \6 k& y8 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