【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。
& P) L: o* O$ d3 L6 [- t* w3 s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
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' v  t: }1 [6 [% j1 BI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
; P0 F. n# h# z$ Z, land some of them I do not like.
- Z0 R9 q0 R1 ZOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
, t+ O" [$ X9 v8 m( ~3 jwith my will intact to go
6 |4 I. {* c. K8 fwherever I need to go,
; ?2 {3 {9 b: A0 p: qand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
# s. o8 l* H' S  NIn my darkest night,
# s$ j  O* z, f: F# n2 ~7 H. ^when the moon was covered
' p* v* V4 R8 X1 J$ B: Oand I roamed through websites,
! o! O/ e) n! B+ {# ya nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
; t( c/ _- }# e& J; yLive in the layers
not on the litter.
: b1 b7 d& L8 H2 b& y2 ]5 [% pThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
. R' E; M* m5 U+ X1 `2 ]  [is already written.
' h. d1 ^2 v  o& P. g- EI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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6 i/ {  o% W, _2 i  z  l2 s" SThe Layers

/ R8 v- c+ E# B0 f8 ~. D4 x8 ?I have walked through many lives,
# Z2 @- i; L) |. g* Qsome of them my own,
% s$ N* @: D/ P$ x. hand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
+ G1 R3 D2 n6 ]' _abides, from which I struggle
# g; }% r+ I8 ^3 B# \- R4 ^" [* |/ F: I+ Inot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
8 N' k) l7 {5 ^7 h( O. z4 E% q: _before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
$ h5 c+ }) F" T  h; L2 P+ B4 s. yI see the milestones dwindling
. `$ H; U1 I. g# J- Z; Z- P5 o& v! otoward the horizon
$ k: f' U: `0 f- `) pand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
5 u, o( r+ n; S. z5 A8 M6 V  a7 wout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
% q! |" V% D% P0 H3 u- X8 h! FHow shall the heart be reconciled
4 g& D: h7 Q7 bto its feast of losses?
4 u3 G  {0 H& l" _  q+ fIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
9 L& T# f2 C4 O# l4 P  ^2 Mthose who fell along the way,
& j+ R1 Z! J. [' Ebitterly stings my face.
* e- W3 I) G2 ?% J" V: s6 V: D2 UYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
, J# E+ ~  X5 q4 P: `with my will intact to go
" y( ?1 Z# Z; {whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
! k8 A4 G; L& O' \precious to me.
& h0 }/ c% i6 h8 `$ S8 X! ^5 O, SIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
$ @( a0 @- ]0 P# _% Rand I roamed through wreckage,
: ?2 \" V, P: g; w: W/ z' oa nimbus-clouded voice
) S" B; `7 ]7 O- p$ C6 w( c' Kdirected me:
6 Y: S' T( t% W' G"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
, a3 [) Z- ^( A2 M0 ^to decipher it,
4 c* f0 F4 h8 h/ I8 G+ L: Fno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
9 V" o" j+ j( P+ R2 O$ X( Wis already written.
2 I7 d" f  s9 S: MI am not done with my changes.
$ L0 s3 m3 ^5 N3 f/ K  u—Stanley Kunitz

4 t8 n( ~$ u% M) U2 R' @- 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
6 j$ }* W  M$ P你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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
1 @( N2 ?5 i# {2 K5 o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