【五周年征文】The layer

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【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
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    The layers

0 e1 _7 Y3 j( L1 [I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
5 M1 b- p+ R$ |and some of them I do not like.
* n1 J  r- q2 T! q* c( cOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! L, b, Y2 P0 g! p8 ]2 Q' t" V# Uout of his true affections.
/ ?9 B$ R  t5 q- F0 b* N) V3 lI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
6 L2 g; `" r3 O1 dwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
4 ?9 \( P4 D3 |& ^. [0 nPrecious to me.
, i8 o5 T% b/ ~% y0 u7 GIn my darkest night,
" ?% h) H4 l; |* @when the moon was covered
  ~7 o( Y; x% A0 k- fand I roamed through websites,
% ]% B* f2 \/ x' u! G" {a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 q0 c8 z5 J6 T* M  t2 c" }2 V# Vdirected me:
  u/ t. Y# ]+ G7 j* ]& BLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
' \: E6 g3 e- u$ A& X1 K3 hand I am not who I was,
8 o- |& d  v; [% w/ S# g8 ethough some principle of being
0 r+ |; W; L- }1 b- L+ s5 w0 `. [abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
8 e5 \" N# t; K3 {2 M* B8 j) D$ \* }toward the horizon
3 M6 S, f/ w' C7 W( f/ Land the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
6 q2 O# |; y/ N4 L3 |over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
4 t' k' `- B2 {8 C( r6 h- _out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
4 B( U2 }8 u# [9 b! s! n6 AHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
0 V$ }8 L; t/ Q: v# N6 y. t- f; gIn a rising wind
+ s% o2 `' l* x! M5 \) N1 K' othe manic dust of my friends,
& B' M+ l9 \4 @# n. a& Rthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
# C& E8 j" K$ z( x% m) WYet I turn, I turn,
7 b' j! L$ i8 c! W6 g. zexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
; D7 V( m0 d1 v1 i( z+ qwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
, e1 s5 q0 a+ T0 _5 V% b6 Q& B$ w) ya nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
) e7 ]! I4 [% D. cnot on the litter."
* h' y! g2 t& R% I1 P# RThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
3 R2 K7 a) J, ]! W1 zno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
* l, {1 x& {7 B3 Z! n) g* ]2 VI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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0 a9 v  Y2 @% y  d- l" T$ h[ 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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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
9 W4 b# l" B) U$ F& ~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