【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。
7 G6 R/ f% f, Z6 }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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$ Q% Z1 M2 O( \4 v0 ~% b6 F    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
8 @( D0 X$ Q4 _0 L. u" j" Fsome of them I like,
! h5 w- D' y6 U  }5 `0 m+ hand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
6 x, m( d4 L7 G2 d, X7 Wout of his true affections.
: }* B0 C) P5 [I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
7 p) b4 a1 P5 T" K2 L9 j2 h* _with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
' o! m% i. m8 Z; |" d; UPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
, a& B9 q8 K; e' Wand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
0 F  v# D+ P" MLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
5 A0 l/ J5 O; ^8 R9 {& U- A/ Eto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
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5 Q- J- ~2 d1 A8 s' Y0 Ois already written.
. U3 S- P: N7 {: w- ~I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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* S+ L: H7 o6 V  H1 D) [: T原文在此：
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- J; \0 f+ B0 V+ P) o0 yThe Layers
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7 V0 C2 R3 I( L$ `I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
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; W/ k+ C9 g+ c( |When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
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to proceed on my journey,
- D; a; ^1 K% f* I" @I see the milestones dwindling
& U4 ?8 K$ U. y6 g; T. Y) o+ Ytoward the horizon
/ z; P) |( N4 m5 W' d5 `% Band the slow fires trailing
  {8 y. ^1 ?; jfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
7 ?2 @: S3 }6 v8 q+ W+ Xover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
, C& w3 t; u. c+ @Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
' J9 q4 D" s6 o  WHow shall the heart be reconciled
+ w1 Y/ @$ o( }. i; A/ K- Jto its feast of losses?
2 z* M, H  P' t, ]( pIn a rising wind
1 }2 B, C. H0 H$ D6 y5 Hthe manic dust of my friends,
5 N, Q* t" G: Kthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
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precious to me.
2 f5 R$ k' V8 ~( Q; a2 X) y% qIn my darkest night,
7 P# N" J  r! @3 bwhen the moon was covered
+ L+ v0 v& l$ V, L$ {and I roamed through wreckage,
& H" L. m" L1 z( K: v2 O# Q4 ]a nimbus-clouded voice
7 ~) X( p, \% Q3 W2 U! q/ i" xdirected me:
& \# u8 h4 n& r9 R/ J"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
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to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
  Y4 ?2 e" p7 r: I—Stanley Kunitz

' d" a2 C/ o" f) r9 I4 g5 b/ O) c[ 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

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3 ~( J/ g' l1 U0 z0 \  ]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