【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 ^. [& Q5 K2 E9 h" Z    The layers

9 M1 n- ~9 Q3 @/ ?5 J' xI have walked through many websites,
4 c2 `1 b0 w' V/ r/ Csome of them I like,
! B5 h3 M6 e+ k2 ?" Aand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
: k3 m+ Y9 B' @% hI go, I go
" ]. J' ^3 g6 E8 s1 _; f. X. Uexulting somewhat,
4 |$ P2 d1 y- j1 Z+ ^# ]  pwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
7 m1 `1 T: ]4 n7 Q  N4 band every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
; U" P# W. y2 o1 X- Ua nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
' k. ~; X3 T. Z2 H$ v/ udirected me:
: ]9 K- i5 W7 a9 L& iLive in the layers
" \$ ?7 Q4 d$ z! C' |not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
9 Q1 M2 m/ h5 s8 N( Nin my book of transformations
; l1 Y% O: m7 |% A# s  Z! Pis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

( l$ R$ p. r, t, `+ W! rI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
( P% o! ?( G2 _* i1 V1 fthough some principle of being
) _( ~* z' f/ k! ]& W9 ^5 U* T* Eabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
& I3 x6 h" ~' D( SWhen I look behind,
) \$ S, C& S/ p. a3 Jas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
, {: n( n  t, I8 z& h$ Cto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
9 T8 _4 s3 d0 N% v4 \" Nand the slow fires trailing
; a" I# [! f% h' a4 D' c* zfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
- q2 Y' ?, Z+ z1 j# J* q: |wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
* V+ a3 Z4 P2 C/ [and my tribe is scattered!
% ?# P3 y. D9 j* b) hHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
+ K( p0 ^2 ], \3 W6 S( QIn a rising wind
1 V0 Y) D5 {/ ?  N' H- Tthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
  Y; j0 O  Z0 @Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
3 s6 `/ `; m; o5 x9 `with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
& a; S/ z6 j4 g$ `8 Q' Owhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
' j8 L- I7 Z: s. K1 |( N, ca nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
) ]& y5 o6 {, _9 f+ {not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
9 l/ R8 R; C1 o1 @8 Ino doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
+ ^/ q& x' d3 K% b. T5 u3 fis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
, v$ _' Y  H# C  b5 m# N—Stanley Kunitz

' C$ m' l8 c/ l* x1 W! }. h[ 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
& z0 h& B+ S: h, S2 {6 T  S你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

$ _- O* O3 K; {# {7 |& \( e5 H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
' G9 K9 T! s* P/ C0 B谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

3 m$ \1 w, v, 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