【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。
" x% M3 O' a9 @5 R8 F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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  T3 S) z( O; c% r1 u2 [, u7 U    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
$ l) g" o+ E3 I) Q8 {Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
9 D! c" u/ y9 c) ^/ B# M! X) j  OI go, I go
2 [" L, b8 A4 t1 D( [1 l8 V8 vexulting somewhat,
4 x' Z4 j$ C1 N4 N9 o8 ywith my will intact to go
8 p7 t% V7 f. A% u% [wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
: M- R  ?# [; V' |2 N; x, WIn my darkest night,
  B5 ^; ]- z: K# l5 Hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
4 `# `; p& H  g: x" Za nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
8 [! z5 q8 w0 M% s- sdirected me:
+ r- g/ f" T7 N8 JLive in the layers
not on the litter.
* a  w3 o6 ~) v2 s  m5 U0 oThough I lack the art
' ?" w! c9 F! z8 z2 J* kto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
2 r8 G; h& P# zin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

; h! v1 s6 l8 l% V% u: U  w: ^原文在此：
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. t0 m$ _& Z7 E- M# a  ~! TThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
$ j; T2 W" J" Fsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
. z1 M& g# T" W9 Athough some principle of being
; s$ P: K* ?) h4 ?1 _abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
& T% @! W/ p$ f1 x4 B* oas I am compelled to look
% d! `5 R. I. Z) W1 ^/ x+ ibefore 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,
0 K! F7 Z( F  @7 Dover which scavenger angels
+ Q$ \, H+ {7 m/ I, g7 ~- twheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
% {3 h) h1 I6 wout of my true affections,
: J* e! R7 A% m; }( eand my tribe is scattered!
: K7 ^  k9 J8 v" S8 o8 OHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
2 T8 J* \- x* a* \the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
# l. E" ^# y0 ~& i% p3 ^$ Fexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
; I3 e% n& z% D3 O4 }whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
1 Y1 I$ ^' P: F) |1 |! C# k. j3 wwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
0 \/ u/ {& d7 e3 v0 s$ E, T4 H0 B6 Oto decipher it,
9 ^7 }) _* Z: G/ M& V! O1 Dno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
! ^/ u8 w! r/ ]9 N( T3 l+ P" D' I- wis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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; p) _, z% A( z- Z8 u  X* F5 S, d[ 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

2 O6 ?+ Z; k4 R  O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

; q7 K7 c3 L  A  d/ f( a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