【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。
, ^; w, B' D! _- p  ?" h3 L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



8 N- A, c; ]/ b& b5 l. L7 F0 r    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
* Z+ ?4 A6 f* kand some of them I do not like.
/ C. [7 `9 Q9 E/ P0 EOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
7 \& d% ^) h; X4 b$ P- zexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
$ Z! s0 w9 {; E8 `0 B; @and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
7 ~! [8 I" L# C/ j& {) ?; F/ Bwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
+ J. Y5 n6 D8 C! Ddirected me:
Live in the layers
2 c/ P! V$ `' lnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
0 q: v. o8 M- S; W* sto decipher it,
2 e8 T& Z. Y- X2 mno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
# ^. Z  ]- b# `4 Yis already written.
0 M8 {/ F: o$ a* xI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
7 `' u# m1 O6 W8 |- z  D* E
2 H" W: V( r# W/ t3 B" U0 w. A% u& BThe Layers
6 k1 R5 S- l" B# F% @" p
" |% w  ^8 S- yI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
, m; ]: _: j; n' d# a6 U$ kabides, from which I struggle
# E& p  I5 [' l# N; Dnot to stray.
When I look behind,
" y0 N0 d$ R. @# X# bas I am compelled to look
; W4 t# e* M  T0 c& U7 C* lbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
, c4 i! e, Y" H" mI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
( F2 w8 I. K( k1 aand the slow fires trailing
; i( g* |, j; E) nfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
2 y/ ]4 ]$ e) B( G# }over which scavenger angels
' v) N/ T; R; U# H- o4 r0 Bwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
: C. o' m& S' c5 N) \out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
" H) r  @: W1 C8 F, T) _# iHow 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,
9 X" F  O/ \% sbitterly stings my face.
/ O2 _. _8 F  x* ^Yet I turn, I turn,
: b8 U0 J- Z) y+ K' `* t: R. e  z. Oexulting somewhat,
, m- |! ~  B, J- C3 d8 Xwith my will intact to go
4 z) K8 a; |! ?& Z4 twhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
: E, `: L9 x5 rIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
. R2 [- K! c. |8 ]/ ca nimbus-clouded voice
9 K3 a) i1 K% O0 O/ kdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
, z7 t8 n9 d0 V5 K8 @5 bto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
" d' R) M& {, A$ \' Xin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
! ^' O6 o' V" R7 l; Z$ L) q—Stanley Kunitz
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" t4 O: K. ?; b/ s2 n[ 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

! Q3 p" d' |/ ~5 G+ }* Z
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
# Y( @2 o  f* o# h+ ?谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

1 V: V8 Y* {2 S9 b) x8 K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