【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


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    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
7 m. B4 K4 M3 s! t, ksome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
+ F5 i5 \: e0 E- m3 o' V: LOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
( Y5 A) S0 d& T1 ~, Q4 ewith my will intact to go
3 K0 n( w+ \' o* K: S, Iwherever I need to go,
/ G9 o1 {" ^, M* Q) ^1 Eand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
& [" I+ z$ f/ R2 R( e* i- |! DIn my darkest night,
' K0 Z+ D0 I+ X; s9 _when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
1 v# B0 m& N' ?* x! h7 `Live in the layers
- [$ G1 T' j( x! `not on the litter.
0 H( {) n3 h% k; kThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
: {2 ?' p" k, L' t8 r6 o) ano doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
2 a6 g3 F7 @5 bI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
# u8 {5 f/ I5 gsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
* e0 U) s1 k+ e: _4 ithough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
5 C: P$ h  L: u4 pnot to stray.
When I look behind,
+ o; |; D* a* I, ?0 x' L9 f( Ias I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
1 `& w3 R; L+ G% k) k2 Stoward the horizon
$ t0 y0 o) a2 u+ t9 q% \2 T  Q2 h& Jand the slow fires trailing
" L  N5 p# K  x3 l, P( W2 Z' }from the abandoned camp-sites,
/ M% [1 @' z; S( a3 c5 Dover which scavenger angels
% T. S" u) P) ~* @. J  P8 a+ Owheel on heavy wings.
4 ?4 [. j: N8 T, POh, I have made myself a tribe
1 j* Y' C/ K/ ]' {, r) Yout of my true affections,
/ r1 x* D# o) l- O) m, Vand my tribe is scattered!
% X5 R1 b' ]  c% d1 HHow shall the heart be reconciled
  o2 p' D, A  T2 P4 f3 z% F( Gto its feast of losses?
' A3 P. x7 |+ f" Y6 Q2 l( MIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
- A5 E$ {$ J& R! `2 K8 xexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
4 y8 Z1 F% w5 b( C/ v: H" owhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
  ^0 @# a4 k! j/ b5 vprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
0 ?: r6 u4 Y* A0 Y! G. land I roamed through wreckage,
0 |# x0 q+ a6 I; f. Ja nimbus-clouded voice
' R" i, T0 }: Y2 Y5 g$ f% A$ ?5 U1 vdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
( ?( }3 p4 P; T. V! O1 AThough I lack the art
, h. B: |+ _, S2 f  o. q4 {to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
' ^. Y' a5 |3 i. ^+ ]—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

$ f. C2 }0 M, @, f7 [# Y7 }/ w' ~/ t5 N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
' r6 X; w# F$ m# _1 a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