【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



5 R6 [5 O) a3 l    The layers

  T. z4 p; ^% t% @I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
3 c5 w/ ]5 Y, WOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
' H6 s( R3 w( M, Y5 R% T; dout of his true affections.
I go, I go
/ {' |% s* }" r9 fexulting somewhat,
) E* z3 @3 _, f) ?2 y- Z, gwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
. x" m7 [7 n  c7 Q; H8 n6 aPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
& y2 E' ~3 w! W, N8 x6 I( _: mand I roamed through websites,
4 r  d+ @' z7 p! N, L# S& fa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
/ c  T) s* {8 _9 X% |# Z: ZLive in the layers
not on the litter.
; g0 K. L- O6 V' o: Q! eThough I lack the art
- A' B- L' {  [" _9 K+ ?  Y0 P$ S5 [  uto decipher it,
$ E9 O6 v3 V/ j8 q/ l( `no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
, C. j& I9 [2 N' a% _# K" dI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
! E$ c" d1 c" _6 G4 X7 C* h9 \  I
原文在此：

# M5 ~+ }) O$ C% T: X7 y9 hThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
4 H! T  t) F" K) q: M4 a/ ~some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
; T9 W1 l7 w1 [abides, from which I struggle
# _2 U! a7 K5 t. |4 P; v. fnot to stray.
3 [  U1 T0 ~% H) G) P+ S7 J( B- s4 jWhen I look behind,
' y& Z* s9 Y4 v! @' |! fas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
0 G  s6 S9 A2 ?( |6 hto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
9 N. k7 R* q2 p9 itoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
* D! z2 N; h' S# _8 F9 Gfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
/ ~- A; K, E; u0 iover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
' W( c3 _& o1 Y2 [  r- i; [Oh, I have made myself a tribe
# B: h3 |* E6 V' \out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
5 T1 w. w3 E. M+ B# L6 rHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
9 A& a! J; q0 W& R) rthe manic dust of my friends,
3 b% X; [3 R- jthose 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,
and every stone on the road
3 u' e8 |5 _* [8 h3 }5 Q8 {precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
# Z6 `7 E+ o$ Z5 Q3 s& e! V/ S: Ito decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
8 F3 i( i6 j3 @( s' _5 L" Hin my book of transformations
" z3 ~# J3 w% Q9 Q3 \; i; fis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
: J- H+ }: A+ V$ y+ d6 G—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

& M* B# ?7 f) Z, K
$ e6 g% g6 t  ]  F% z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