【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。
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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( v( m: r9 C' W% N$ a- y6 ]    The layers
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/ H( V" B3 Z# q+ F, g: jI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
6 A; G5 ?% a. n* K8 |6 o4 aand some of them I do not like.
) u& B- M; N! m9 ?0 L& ]Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
' |6 S" V$ e+ s+ [- ~2 d4 R& ^I go, I go
% n/ k; f& W6 xexulting somewhat,
% o( H7 H8 e1 fwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
6 ^3 o& C% U5 d+ `/ Y6 ~and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
* W$ }) }* `" T- Y: k' N0 F# n# _: Ndirected me:
# V1 Q+ h% y  a6 xLive in the layers
not on the litter.
+ o3 ~+ A5 L: Y4 Z$ l+ t1 \Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
; e& m: U5 }2 I+ o  dno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

: V+ @) U4 g8 {' ~5 t" ]& W) m原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
  f. n: b# `" {some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
& I$ N; g/ L  d, nnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
6 |# `3 W. H3 r  dbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
! K7 O: t: ]( T7 A! ZI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
- @1 w- i) Z% |8 }+ S6 j. g: K% sOh, I have made myself a tribe
  I% l9 V7 k$ \- g. Y8 Mout of my true affections,
! G# x# _2 @& g) ^( |and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
, v* G( |0 k7 a! t4 hto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
! y3 d& N5 Q$ U" M; H: Athose who fell along the way,
- T! H5 a0 e, i/ d/ l  G+ @bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
! ~4 v0 ^; K2 K9 s/ ~+ Fexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
4 k$ Q# u4 \5 ?- K" c) ~9 hIn my darkest night,
  A' N* h4 P8 c& A& V, w* u9 Vwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
1 I( _2 e; F  O" m8 d& Qdirected me:
9 Z% R& `  @2 h- v* d"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
4 D$ B2 x" Y- \0 R' D  h, rto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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2 j9 t, S( M& K$ A3 f& l8 Q- XI am not done with my changes.
% t& ]9 ?- z. ?—Stanley Kunitz

, e4 q9 S) D* [( r* s[ 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

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

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