【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 ]$ B4 u. H; `" c& 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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6 T, u6 a9 w% V, ]) d    The layers
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8 t. x# M2 t7 }* K' z% _2 t$ [2 AI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
# f% I. G2 b* N, Rand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
: E3 |1 V7 s' }1 b4 r7 k* o% J$ Vout of his true affections.
, \2 q, m  j8 ?, U! fI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" f9 ~5 E6 \& c. x, F: d8 O9 R% Iwherever I need to go,
! A7 t8 f1 B3 l8 @' [9 Vand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
& n) u" U$ C. eIn my darkest night,
8 l3 o2 p* m0 K" Hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
0 G3 f! L& Q5 @/ P& ynot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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" u$ P7 r* w, v7 f8 fI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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1 N2 n7 C4 B" \, w( U7 R9 sThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
, ?7 t8 |( p- r6 H) S: A2 msome of them my own,
6 L  F$ {' [$ v  L9 _  xand I am not who I was,
% r! O2 m; T7 [, ?3 tthough some principle of being
' g* ^, s) S* X! a! O6 x9 p* l1 qabides, from which I struggle
. f6 I- E$ W8 n1 A/ `% x% S1 e8 W, Nnot to stray.
) N. A9 ^! x& O+ U' W9 CWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
+ G: x3 \. ]6 X7 g5 B, Q* W: otoward the horizon
; T: \  w/ w1 J, N% C" f+ s/ band the slow fires trailing
! X; h8 V/ w& x- Y) x; `4 ~+ mfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
* A2 A& q& a5 s$ wover which scavenger angels
; I5 w( b/ K$ A& T8 G$ {) Q9 Awheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
) e' m2 U7 k( H* L, V( l) ^1 f% [2 Uand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
2 H% J$ y( z% J! K6 ithose who fell along the way,
# r' @' l7 d( o* Q* x0 I7 N/ j, hbitterly stings my face.
2 i) D$ x% ?. R5 V7 ^& VYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
/ L$ ?* Z$ g7 G$ b6 w+ j/ b. V; [) @and every stone on the road
$ x$ [8 }1 ^* A6 ]7 kprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
& |5 q& z  K- _- d3 b: m& ^/ xwhen the moon was covered
6 J/ H' ~  v6 F9 g3 jand I roamed through wreckage,
6 X. v" n& ]+ _1 Ya nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
8 M; B% D4 u: g"Live in the layers,
( H5 {: f/ b  G1 m3 Cnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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- o( k3 f; O5 k0 `; tno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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. F* ]" x" T0 @/ x$ j- TI am not done with my changes.
) s, N1 m! d2 S% P, K—Stanley Kunitz
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* q; B1 X9 G) x' a7 ^* \3 y) x$ o- v[ 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
2 s4 M5 p7 U; ?5 E' S5 \# `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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8 C. v2 f. {$ r4 d' 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
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