【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。
2 u  F/ l$ k  Z, x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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4 m0 C# X4 K; j- x- S( q    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
5 k' z  q. _  @' s! A. Hsome of them I like,
# u* T* f' f! i7 _and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
5 L3 c1 l" Q; k* uI go, I go
1 p! V, n9 Z4 T! G1 Q# p* o2 O$ jexulting somewhat,
7 ?+ P- `3 O% [* J; Dwith my will intact to go
# t& ^3 X7 T: S0 d! t' Wwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
, Y; K0 z) C8 F9 m6 W: vPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
1 U. ]8 v9 E5 A- G7 q4 }; K. ra nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
" A: z9 i; E1 `  \9 x" c  G- RLive in the layers
not on the litter.
$ y8 c2 _: T( x4 g! e  c. mThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
) V- S3 n* q. I) A( W- u3 Sno doubt the next chaper
0 l6 m7 o" R2 r3 V$ R4 g0 ?in my book of transformations
is already written.
. M) W. ~0 ]6 R1 [8 p: JI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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/ ]3 n& j* q7 B. ]! |原文在此：
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The Layers

0 T2 }' |5 M0 E2 Z. tI have walked through many lives,
( V  U# l" z6 @- a% s/ Csome of them my own,
; [7 G1 W1 X" Eand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
6 O/ _! Y; g) i9 E1 ?When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
( g, H8 F1 B0 q" D2 q3 L& EI see the milestones dwindling
; ~! Y& u0 `0 V$ [toward the horizon
9 S, c6 b& H" D" Cand the slow fires trailing
) K) f: q  w0 Z7 V3 a1 i  |from the abandoned camp-sites,
& q4 h4 q' `) zover which scavenger angels
$ n+ M  e# K/ K. K) c- n; awheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
- ^! ~) w- d3 E! `2 g$ wout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
+ D3 [/ }# X$ _( n6 a  dto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
5 a5 V; y7 P3 R! `4 Ethe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
0 p9 G) Y4 I3 w8 y/ w# o5 Hwith my will intact to go
- `1 W5 d: d- P$ d* G( t0 |whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
* e" n6 i$ e6 O/ b2 |precious to me.
8 n+ P/ I$ x3 q2 {9 V# }In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
; D+ T% J" v% G' mand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
6 Z' x. B; A! M! u- |1 H"Live in the layers,
# K4 i0 z" R7 a- R9 r( r' _not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
! H3 O# K  s  Y' tto decipher it,
( K- a1 \" e; Zno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
3 c, Z( V$ Z  _' B  o) |; gI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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! B6 d8 Q% g1 c0 P9 y[ 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
5 z2 R" j$ ~: @, ?9 l: z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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

4 B8 g% Q+ S: _% D, m2 Y" L- ]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