【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。
% _; `: [; D3 ]8 e8 m: \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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9 d7 q8 R. d" C9 L, T1 c# m( `2 f/ l7 U    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
, z2 |$ M! s! O. L$ \9 ?, T0 ?some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
3 b# M% d6 |$ @" m- D  Gout of his true affections.
! w, D* m- D6 T) RI go, I go
4 m2 h+ P& g( P5 {exulting somewhat,
! l! Z, E/ L3 O0 g; nwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
  T" _/ n6 r5 k* cPrecious to me.
' O  f/ o& z: n: T6 LIn my darkest night,
% D, k: S6 X  Z6 M) u5 Mwhen the moon was covered
7 O7 }: `9 i5 |$ C0 s9 _8 b7 W% r1 Cand I roamed through websites,
' Z( A5 [! q3 w) Z5 k, B9 ja nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
/ u' m0 J, e) w3 y5 t7 s4 ldirected me:
( T/ n5 |' P9 a6 @+ y4 LLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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- d* o" {& f! Q+ g4 |4 R5 b原文在此：

9 l" M2 z% L# m& {1 f. RThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
0 h' I  U1 t8 _. p) |though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
0 R2 N2 C, D( L: D4 {not to stray.
9 o4 b. I( x8 v+ w6 sWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
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to proceed on my journey,
* k7 d8 z/ G5 t% K8 jI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
- `6 x- n' r. p; b# Nwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
7 I2 J* J, }7 l" Q" l3 x+ w9 HIn a rising wind
& C9 B3 a* u* R) f: hthe manic dust of my friends,
2 ~" |5 ]$ c4 N8 Ythose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
* j& t7 [% g0 C+ y6 o5 J& ^Yet I turn, I turn,
1 V& O; N" r1 ~6 r( p  |2 v% Fexulting somewhat,
  L! a# L7 k- l1 |6 e. twith my will intact to go
0 ^  A9 @! L$ x/ l3 K/ F) Owhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
4 `5 \$ `- L* Tand I roamed through wreckage,
1 N% c# H1 c8 D! ?+ L/ ja nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
# Z$ I! E  A: x, g' a0 ^3 F" r"Live in the layers,
9 [2 R' p: R# s/ A$ J5 \not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
- |/ l7 ^4 [) H$ Bin my book of transformations
is already written.
6 s( e0 G  B9 s+ EI am not done with my changes.
* n2 a- A" ]7 @. o% ^* M—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

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
. ?7 d" Y8 A; H( c8 o谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

% K9 o, f  P2 _9 ?8 k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