【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。
5 C5 F8 p0 N5 o  l$ G0 r7 u* 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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    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
( |/ z( e1 r) J, |- h$ o- fsome of them I like,
+ i0 {* L4 b) H% ~and some of them I do not like.
# T$ M- L  F0 j( ]; m, X( C. lOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
: o: k. l4 Z- q0 ]% I8 u. @- e& b2 cout of his true affections.
5 _) M. K4 }2 c$ K* c6 K( rI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
& e# U# j0 h$ E" e. ~  L1 o, K1 E# Kwherever I need to go,
2 ]. a( c; [5 o7 vand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
- v3 [' K$ w4 R7 CIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
: |, z! q/ |, w) ]6 s# ^a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
: q! `2 r/ }. e7 ]) n. E9 _9 b" ]Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers

2 \8 x& g. A4 f) ~4 D6 f+ t, iI have walked through many lives,
9 y2 P; w% x+ Ssome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
  Z5 t2 ~0 V; a$ [8 xthough some principle of being
( \8 S; @* P+ Wabides, from which I struggle
0 `1 C, m- o, }9 F. A2 Y, O/ I3 Anot to stray.
, f/ M2 }: T" [( @  TWhen I look behind,
) a  ?& M! g, xas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
) o. p# n; s6 n' kto proceed on my journey,
- M1 ?' `+ c5 L/ r: FI see the milestones dwindling
1 J& j5 j4 ?) f* \9 wtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
; H! c" O( N8 L8 hover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
; a2 r7 h9 N6 C3 ]2 @' M5 cout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
% S: C- \4 X9 S1 P8 l" \the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
4 Q5 A) V2 X- O3 \  D) j' r3 Abitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
, o1 b+ x1 k0 Y& h$ Jexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
, G# @1 ~8 J3 L8 t: e  c% {& b  Nwhereever I need to go,
3 w5 P% O3 D5 j( oand every stone on the road
& }7 s0 ^% r  _2 yprecious to me.
3 l' T& i1 \, n: @, b, [! ]+ PIn my darkest night,
1 j1 ?2 X3 C' D: j+ t+ fwhen the moon was covered
0 q7 k% P, f0 E' Y! v6 [% ]and I roamed through wreckage,
- C6 k0 d& t' k0 Q  |a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
" F. g- @+ b5 Z, i- r$ u# w"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
5 c! q! P% o$ N" b9 M2 p  `Though I lack the art
8 J- [5 P* ]7 R, O0 w% V6 Mto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
9 B5 H% e8 K; x: o9 n$ k  xI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

! j, D5 s9 f. G: J; R; ?- H[ 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
2 G5 ~4 X- k& o/ G9 O3 h# L5 Y+ ]& B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