【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。
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

I have walked through many websites,
! ^0 M; i1 n0 {: O' a$ G4 ]some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
9 i/ ^; Y: [1 @' oOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
' A  T7 ?' Y  f0 n4 iwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
% l7 V" C; f; ?$ KPrecious to me.
( F) `5 b) |! F+ p% F. UIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
% |* |* c8 D7 C2 S. @" xa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 L6 K# w9 D5 L2 e1 D) ]/ Idirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
& U% m5 L8 |$ g: w) GThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
8 n! f* z' i  L+ J8 A, Win my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

  [8 f6 E4 H- o: DThe Layers
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/ D" c5 H6 G0 P( i( hI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
7 _0 u  ~4 ^. v8 S4 F+ o0 Uand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
0 N7 B) p, B9 ~- bbefore I can gather strength
4 t5 p9 a; Q- g7 Mto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
5 ~3 H0 W9 [# p) gand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
: s8 V' z9 X* l8 B$ k$ q" Q2 c* lover which scavenger angels
) h8 ]  |( n/ M5 ^" @wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
+ v* o; i- ?" i: N/ qHow shall the heart be reconciled
$ h$ T/ E% a6 n  y" Gto its feast of losses?
; v* J4 F  J! P9 A2 NIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
' q4 F; j# k; i: k6 A# ^those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
  ^4 u7 t" t9 l8 q! ~with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
$ S, _; ~2 s1 a, Cand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
* V4 K% I: D9 Tdirected me:
0 I6 ]9 E: M+ `6 P  \7 F"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
% s2 i4 ^& Q2 l/ q! ?to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
9 p* b" \$ ~( Vis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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
  n- @9 C$ U, n  l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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& \; r3 W" V( R5 [3 {/ t7 R: q0 D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
) n  Q7 O- {8 ~; Z0 y谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

. O4 f+ J1 a6 b0 t% J" I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