【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。
: I+ E$ m4 i" R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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! |7 j0 N! v% f' }2 S0 Y) v' ~( E    The layers
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5 }6 F+ i8 h0 f* T# Z# i8 xI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
& o* P( w3 O, R# sout of his true affections.
I go, I go
# m( {7 U  c( Nexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
. Y' S0 ^# W3 E1 i, X4 Nand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
* a. ^* B" n' Y1 oPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
  I/ F( x. M. g$ w4 Z2 e1 Oand I roamed through websites,
. g% V% R5 J8 S' [+ X3 sa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
+ {- c5 M3 J" B; G8 Zdirected me:
Live in the layers
' T2 z& P& R( D2 m* L( O& ?# gnot on the litter.
0 h/ ^# P' F* S: |/ m+ d- KThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
3 y1 Y- t  C6 P% I/ H3 f3 N# J& b2 Win my book of transformations
is already written.
. c& Q1 k, }  ?0 h% \9 }( II love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

& K  y0 G; \4 ]+ _# V原文在此：

& ~7 c5 i5 Y- e1 n# t5 nThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
4 x# u- u4 G  pthough some principle of being
6 ?7 L( ~* h  X1 B: ]( }: a8 I/ pabides, from which I struggle
2 }1 z) t5 R( \0 p9 |' hnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
- G% @( @1 X, x0 v" n0 N" Mbefore I can gather strength
* p! y/ C0 w$ T2 rto proceed on my journey,
- d/ [/ N, z- q9 J* a, ?" B: TI see the milestones dwindling
) T- `/ V$ V( m1 Ttoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
$ h: }6 D* c/ B; H7 ^Oh, I have made myself a tribe
4 W: Y3 \6 \' v) m) D1 Z* jout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
% b2 v/ ?0 [6 O: m$ C& [the manic dust of my friends,
9 S# T' G9 |7 \; b1 H# W0 T: Dthose who fell along the way,
5 p: [. G" l' C; Abitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
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- X% @* g2 m) C, cand 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
directed me:
/ X2 W3 a) E1 \: C"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
% I4 p3 _. [/ l- w—Stanley Kunitz
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7 E9 n  O  q; m4 L[ 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 X. H9 ^7 b7 m5 Y: j5 p5 ~你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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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
' ~/ m: Q3 T. B. l1 f/ o谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

9 c- y/ a; @7 d$ z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