【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。
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



, ^( Y! t) _. `4 Y    The layers
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6 n* }$ q2 i8 R$ KI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
7 d: ~" W  ~) F5 kand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
: Q$ ]- r* L8 [' Rexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
/ ]) z  a; |- r' o, X2 Q& ewherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
* o: W+ M. |1 v- r: Y* r0 O+ v" P3 S* |In my darkest night,
3 `7 C3 a' K4 C* o& Zwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
: ~6 o. W) i' O7 {" kdirected me:
9 }/ \& V; o) \, f$ eLive in the layers
; V& ~) b) J% V" Enot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
0 N  k' C+ _' l6 t; uin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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0 N+ R4 D' Z$ Z. u" v6 T6 O原文在此：

The Layers
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5 t( h& K0 r7 R' l, U; m  B' pI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
: `! F; n" v( B2 @/ D. [5 Eabides, from which I struggle
6 \- q. e( H3 G. B2 C. q1 snot to stray.
When I look behind,
' s& A& S2 x4 {$ _as I am compelled to look
' E9 @' q' W+ C  W- J' U% Fbefore I can gather strength
/ G1 a& j# ^. U: y* c3 bto proceed on my journey,
7 B5 d9 h- N( GI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
. k5 R9 x6 A; H6 U4 Nfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
5 f3 n" l8 ^7 ~4 M: L  y8 Yover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
/ M8 u% w7 [; w0 Zout of my true affections,
7 O1 x3 Z2 S& l. ?and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
3 v0 p( k  ^" A9 `to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
, \! W2 s  b* k- Rthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
* c, k* ~# D# w2 D2 O: G) \+ ybitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
' i/ U) Z3 D+ G: Wprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
) W: j/ ^; b' i* e! h. u# W# `and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
9 A. Q$ C7 i  p7 W"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
& i) |4 |  t1 M; U- p, oThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
7 I- P% k: a" x3 o; f- X" h! |no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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

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; r6 f' b7 R: p8 i& v% @7 W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
- P: Z- V4 d9 `0 V( g3 M: h/ D( s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