【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 \0 J) s6 u  a  r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,
0 L! f3 o9 r, o' @  f( gsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
; A- a0 c; ^1 TOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
$ s  e" e" ?9 x! q  T9 `: Qout of his true affections.
. F* R& y  @6 p+ k+ Y, |I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
4 u' L  j. A- a; _wherever I need to go,
& Z9 }) {1 Q1 R/ ]and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
, d1 h( _2 C( nIn my darkest night,
5 }3 N; ]2 z6 a: D2 Jwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
) e1 v6 M1 f1 ~5 ?' Ndirected me:
- q" `( o$ I$ p0 kLive in the layers
not on the litter.
2 Y. _; b5 x2 E) h0 T# T8 ZThough I lack the art
. u8 U6 d  V9 S$ Ato decipher it,
/ [0 _6 t# X5 Qno doubt the next chaper
1 X* ]" Y2 |  a1 M+ F# ein my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers
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9 M" X# C3 |: _I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
  f4 @5 i6 A0 G+ Q9 C$ B) v2 g0 Cand I am not who I was,
3 T5 R5 J4 y' o: Z; Y# |$ lthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
. N1 \0 h7 w. k7 a+ S+ A! _not to stray.
+ @# k, C" s/ @% d) AWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
0 o1 d1 {; K3 O; ]before I can gather strength
1 s4 g' F7 S( _1 T% g6 B& G1 {( uto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
. g9 j$ r, j1 J8 R2 Land the slow fires trailing
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over which scavenger angels
: y# ~. ^3 C4 `wheel on heavy wings.
1 v7 c% u* _4 pOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
" Q+ `/ r' v7 ^( a  D3 b: k: C# aand my tribe is scattered!
4 }# J, f+ c4 r' RHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
% o; W, S5 k5 j: b+ QIn a rising wind
3 M  h' ~6 e) J' {8 n# u. ]the manic dust of my friends,
0 w$ Q+ S  c5 F9 R, a9 zthose who fell along the way,
4 q! A  R$ V4 m, Nbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
5 D7 L; l8 N) S4 y( {; D' `when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
6 l+ m! O9 [7 m* f0 m+ K, S8 {a nimbus-clouded voice
! V1 A" h2 b. Y  t9 d6 |directed me:
, h' C* K- q, n"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
1 B- Z! |% k' F% j0 ^2 OThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
- }2 v- Q' H9 a0 ino doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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4 ]# Z7 Z/ P4 n5 \8 j1 g$ T& B5 E3 a6 @I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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  `5 l6 ^2 C" _! N: P8 k[ 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
4 d% g9 ~+ A* e6 o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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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
! u: n) z9 @& ~  k! e8 O5 |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