【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。
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

) ?3 q3 ^1 Q4 d+ q& e0 p) [8 lI have walked through many websites,
1 ]8 v# u: G# @$ ssome of them I like,
; i9 @2 V0 q& yand some of them I do not like.
0 ?4 j& z' o2 o2 J% G) G5 i7 GOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
# T( H; Q, F+ b6 j3 v9 H, EI go, I go
1 O8 d; w/ U, W. ?! j4 U' ]$ l% oexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
. a$ Q) B& G- Hand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
+ T3 K% u' Z8 Z5 |6 b$ EPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
. `3 {! w% B; h: ~when the moon was covered
, e9 X: n" V6 L# Yand I roamed through websites,
3 M8 n1 o) J9 V! U% U$ r  Z6 S* ea nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
4 `0 g8 @! D# o9 k! O" QThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
( W* \, f4 m6 N4 F2 s! Yis already written.
, S% [  D  r$ ^: Y4 V; m* r4 _I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
0 \9 C* {# A  ]though some principle of being
8 _% R0 R7 Z  j$ V& D2 I! oabides, from which I struggle
8 l; U9 y2 P" [. N7 Q4 f" Bnot to stray.
When I look behind,
- v9 }% o  D$ ]5 R# }3 `as I am compelled to look
, q. e# |1 ?; V2 F3 s. ybefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
4 f6 \- k# B% k  Lover which scavenger angels
' z2 Y1 N6 }0 S6 J! ^% K2 Twheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
. C/ t1 E# u4 ^$ o+ W6 f9 C# JHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
# s) |: o: e; z4 Jbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
$ H( ~2 E5 @1 ~: g4 G4 Pwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
0 A( H6 u5 c3 y3 d& L5 m1 H; J- |and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
) J8 Y* V& ~9 J9 g# y7 n) }directed me:
/ B. W4 m6 ~* R( i- u. I# G- ~"Live in the layers,
. f7 y  l# n/ Q, O- inot on the litter."
' x6 O2 w1 }) X( O. AThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
/ J3 a6 C0 R0 {' S6 ~5 p' T5 vis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
/ \! A: p4 ]. S# O9 D—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
7 C$ N, C# S' Y% d- d你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

9 N# ?. Z/ l4 R0 w5 e1 Z) V+ Q
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
8 T  m& e/ i8 B5 X* Z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