【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。
: B5 q$ `" O  v, w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



    The layers
. s: y0 H6 ?* T! B
- _: h5 q6 q9 rI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
4 C4 W' {3 }- `+ G$ {# @, Xand some of them I do not like.
( C; Z$ O0 T$ L! D# XOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
" J: @$ d  w- L8 P$ H( g' N; \+ Lout of his true affections.
- _8 ?  v  j0 xI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
$ i1 r( A+ \7 [7 T/ `with my will intact to go
# |4 X: n6 Y; C* Jwherever I need to go,
5 x; B% n3 f/ Z% c; F  G/ wand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
' j$ e1 t5 V! o" E2 x. j, }  K7 QPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
, T2 x: B6 @# c: Iwhen the moon was covered
! l' A# @% k, _: R& Fand I roamed through websites,
7 p" o9 N0 p+ J: l0 ^+ l- Sa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
6 c3 i( }) m6 cLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
+ v1 O1 c4 ^6 c2 i  Eno doubt the next chaper
  H8 q2 p# |6 d& J1 H9 vin my book of transformations
( f5 W# g, P  f: T! o: S/ F5 Iis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

6 ?; v, ~9 S+ F7 e7 |/ n原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
% K) z. U' u) lsome of them my own,
# [0 n( u  E/ s( _- a: B4 nand I am not who I was,
( W- m" f" r8 `( J; v' Bthough some principle of being
5 W9 F1 |. h; \# s, Vabides, from which I struggle
: {; n5 `  k5 Y/ mnot to stray.
% n4 `5 ~1 [7 |+ @) \When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
+ ]6 x" E" w! ~% T+ Tbefore I can gather strength
. @3 {) u6 F( Q. {7 t' `to proceed on my journey,
/ O3 x& x; ?: I' Z" e% QI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
; x& E8 J1 L; v! |, |5 Z9 t% J. Qand the slow fires trailing
1 V# Z  B' u4 u4 ifrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
8 W0 H. N# E7 lwheel on heavy wings.
9 Y2 `0 Y! d; e% T9 N, j* mOh, I have made myself a tribe
( ^0 a' r& d7 R) w& _- Sout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
* w, S* s/ c2 F; ?How shall the heart be reconciled
. z  f' H$ T  x2 `' b+ a# Ito its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
) x" Q9 z  _! L" v' v0 ^0 v; @# hthe manic dust of my friends,
4 k9 J0 x( k  ^  ]- @. j+ \those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
- l9 y7 g6 e2 G% E& |3 E, yYet I turn, I turn,
! ~7 }  d3 q. J6 I' Dexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
/ c$ g) t3 q5 S1 s+ g# \precious to me.
In my darkest night,
+ M% I; A( U: h% o7 Xwhen the moon was covered
* d$ L: @. Q( I" ]- Vand I roamed through wreckage,
& @- m' u+ G& la nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
3 `  c* P8 e( f' H; \! x5 H, y+ V9 N5 Lto decipher it,
6 M& Z' ?3 c- ~% V* C- Qno doubt the next chapter
0 E3 h: q6 Y* B, ^8 Zin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
  a0 h0 E, A/ X2 u—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
1 P) m- b4 `7 |, W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