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【五周年征文】诗歌一首,根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
* m! t/ p- n" K# p. r* Q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,; m( [) ]5 U! g, r! K( s
some of them I like,( K. H' C2 ]2 ~5 [" C' h0 h1 m6 r
and some of them I do not like.
6 ^4 @( }4 R4 h9 COh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
8 c7 @; t0 {' K+ z5 N' E2 I: kout of his true affections./ c- v- T- [( _# m% a z" o( v1 ?, G
I go, I go
, @$ @6 b2 b! ^1 N& b0 cexulting somewhat, 9 A/ p* s: d, C0 M
with my will intact to go
& X4 m5 D' y% B( s& t& a9 Qwherever I need to go,
5 n' l2 x. {# A' hand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
& V) S5 h& Z! P* A* ?6 U7 m, X2 MPrecious to me.! H, S3 L f; X; O& j- P
In my darkest night,
% z3 ^: X7 S( Wwhen the moon was covered
: {4 l7 U# d4 e& O3 {, rand I roamed through websites,; ~$ _& o6 ^4 }1 s* c
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice 1 P5 g" S4 X( c& o& o
directed me:
2 d5 S* l) c6 n" b2 N4 A, K' C Y. `Live in the layers4 K" [5 R. Q, x$ \: L% _6 c5 k# R
not on the litter.
- n/ l' \2 d4 I, X' KThough I lack the art
* [" s; H. N$ P N5 F, n% o% ~to decipher it,( g. J/ r5 v5 P% w# m3 ] E1 e8 E9 a
no doubt the next chaper
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is already written.8 Z. s, q( p$ O- n7 Z+ r/ n3 E
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.+ n/ H& B. F/ h8 _+ u" ~5 F8 }/ k9 R
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原文在此:
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$ ~; Q" I7 Y" F6 O; t9 HThe Layers7 g/ a! b1 ^5 z! H7 M# Y
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I have walked through many lives,
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and I am not who I was,
# e6 A* I `/ _# athough some principle of being 8 ]0 A' Q/ G! |4 a- |9 X
abides, from which I struggle % T' h, ?, o: Q" K! V
not to stray.
F- j; s+ V. [$ o! R! _6 \When I look behind, H: n5 ^ D! E( M4 f
as I am compelled to look
& {! U- |3 {3 P4 m+ kbefore I can gather strength
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1 F1 O6 y4 [# X* oI see the milestones dwindling
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a( A5 S9 o+ B! J) X7 c0 S8 Wand the slow fires trailing t3 ]9 {; B6 ~* B8 ?4 Y4 w6 s
from the abandoned camp-sites, 8 ?6 ], Y. [* Y* ^# q- N: E. J& P
over which scavenger angels # X1 m( g2 \' V, S1 S6 G
wheel on heavy wings. 6 {: t0 i( ~' v# r7 G* X
Oh, I have made myself a tribe 7 R% Q, Y: V5 }
out of my true affections,
6 |$ T# D8 _8 I+ w1 oand my tribe is scattered!
7 d: V/ w0 [5 f) z: I. LHow shall the heart be reconciled ; o# _, \/ a& o4 m" X7 H$ ^" A/ T
to its feast of losses? 1 e4 b1 i! ~, {$ R+ m
In a rising wind
7 }$ r# ~, J* Q" _4 q5 Gthe manic dust of my friends, ) r, l, C$ O9 a# F+ q
those who fell along the way, 3 O, M1 O; T' G( X0 Y
bitterly stings my face. i/ B' ^, m/ o- C! W
Yet I turn, I turn, ! q5 {3 O" j, t; T
exulting somewhat,
) e4 l1 d0 A0 h$ `2 Uwith my will intact to go 2 G/ }& A" X. f% X$ q
whereever I need to go, ) f# j9 D4 T# L U
and every stone on the road
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$ b8 J9 ]( p' K: KIn my darkest night, " i7 \2 Q3 n5 M4 Z6 N
when the moon was covered ; {; H# Q. r6 Z- D v. y2 l! C+ \
and I roamed through wreckage, : m7 ~' o6 t8 o% T4 g H) P- T% ?8 ?0 Z
a nimbus-clouded voice
" W" _. j3 j& L( A5 b' E" N- Z3 B! gdirected me:
+ n* y& k# m( \, K# k: d"Live in the layers,
1 W, ?; h4 J0 f& Ynot on the litter."
6 r5 u7 A" j- W( a' kThough I lack the art & E+ V( ?8 q9 D- ~5 m5 ~
to decipher it, 6 [8 e- O9 R- n6 q9 h- T6 Y: k, w
no doubt the next chapter
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is already written. - r& |1 M/ d& a8 ]& C
I am not done with my changes. j; y9 l4 L# m. F
—Stanley Kunitz! ~0 X6 W1 J+ E' S6 T- g0 t
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