【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。
9 ?9 D9 @. f  h# ^6 Y3 G* K1 B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



+ `7 Q. n( R% t; L8 R' ]    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
2 p+ N: [, w; Q7 z% \8 K+ jI go, I go
. |7 }0 x3 X- ~/ ?; fexulting somewhat,
( c, ?+ f7 V% p) v( bwith my will intact to go
4 l; ^. G% ?$ \( |- Nwherever I need to go,
& f1 }0 e5 o- D: g2 ~( q# nand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
5 ^- ~, @2 D$ x  ^+ H4 I, w6 Q7 @In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
3 ?) ~" |% }; n& n/ C4 _directed me:
6 L& l# W/ x; f( l% JLive in the layers
4 J5 V; @9 y: l) X4 Lnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
% k; ]1 H+ u) T& T; C( jto decipher it,
/ r$ ?# p. |3 o2 c$ Gno doubt the next chaper
  s* Y' [4 D7 kin my book of transformations
is already written.
: A* v/ K% T' _8 ]7 c8 V4 iI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

1 h5 m, X! |5 f0 r; x' ^( S! _* ?原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
9 g. ~5 R% N# x# A  m0 B8 i% C  {some of them my own,
/ M  @1 ~+ \. L- e6 @and I am not who I was,
& b9 p8 u3 \' `3 N+ d: uthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
/ `' ?) \1 s( N7 Mnot to stray.
2 F' w$ c+ _' h. y7 y4 iWhen I look behind,
. R! ~' Y  l1 z: N8 e& }8 uas I am compelled to look
* k0 J+ o( A) V+ o8 obefore I can gather strength
" ]9 x& \' d' b9 uto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
/ Z$ g) I( u' P, T& i. `toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
& o, ?0 h6 N- F# `from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
' y+ H' e& _8 w$ K0 t; g9 e0 Xwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
1 }5 D+ t) s  ]" z1 Qout of my true affections,
; R! b' {$ m$ e! {9 b! }) f6 Oand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
$ n4 z) k2 `: g3 kthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
. Q5 c) b0 Z! ^1 {Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
, h- y1 e% M; o2 Y2 b% aprecious to me.
" i/ X5 H; \3 H- f& @  M: \In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
% M/ }$ z. D; g: ]and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
3 G* n! r3 o: fdirected me:
" U" G8 k; z  d4 n8 o; D"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
. I6 V( M( ~) A5 s* T  S  Q- {Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
! E  u+ P8 i/ ]# k( J- Kin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
  t2 r+ {% Y8 H: k—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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

3 M4 C2 ~& U# x- `' X0 y% T
3 e: b9 V6 q, |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
+ E9 B& b9 H0 t! X- m" X0 a/ q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