【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

% x4 a+ k/ r6 Y: g/ iI have walked through many websites,
6 a7 h$ ]1 M7 R! G- Ysome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
9 y% i! h, V$ mout of his true affections.
" o8 y, ]" ~3 t( |  R1 z; S; D* oI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
# }/ ^. C+ e  L+ F2 @8 M0 {" t( T6 f# p- Rwith my will intact to go
: b) X4 A+ v& N: l" B( vwherever I need to go,
, p& V: n. x3 o" O$ v9 V, r, y* }and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
/ k% f4 i2 y0 H. |! P. YIn my darkest night,
# D- {  L& w1 b& iwhen the moon was covered
( T! f+ g5 |$ m1 w5 {and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
8 V1 C7 ~3 r: y% kLive in the layers
. I9 m/ q$ Z/ P6 Onot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
' u" {6 F, B* t* ^" `& r* |to decipher it,
' ]9 k: Q+ S# A+ t* Pno doubt the next chaper
/ o3 p& `+ W6 o. G. }; h  Din my book of transformations
7 O! c! y* [+ F3 d# |is already written.
. `4 S) ^  _+ U0 {; L; E" GI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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" e( Y7 N4 z" E% v& Q原文在此：

The Layers

$ S# e8 ]  u. ~6 T' ]I have walked through many lives,
' M6 M. B9 a$ l+ F' osome of them my own,
- v3 v5 `1 I8 X, D, wand I am not who I was,
! G! k# r7 R( B1 kthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
$ [$ \& @/ p4 N; ~  qWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
6 [7 F" ^/ ~5 T9 }% I0 vto proceed on my journey,
) g: m' M7 F9 p2 v# rI see the milestones dwindling
$ E( J; u5 m0 V# \+ Atoward the horizon
  A$ r$ F! F3 P  F; }5 }% g! t1 ~and the slow fires trailing
: c) c) \2 z" R5 x* Gfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
" Z3 h; J0 `2 O* p; r' Uout of my true affections,
) h# ]& Y4 h& |! b5 ^and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
7 L* |7 _8 A  U9 {6 nIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
) e8 R5 ^0 A8 Xbitterly stings my face.
0 s% ?2 X# D# w/ D# PYet I turn, I turn,
- S9 p7 D  ]" G  D/ v3 eexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
* q/ I# @4 v0 N; M5 Z  Z  }whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
$ a% c3 _! V$ ~when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
, M* K2 X7 y; F! O" N  ga nimbus-clouded voice
, V' o( [- k" xdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
& j  O6 i. C8 C. LThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 L& J. c$ D* J+ K. L9 d+ k  Lno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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+ S/ L5 ?3 D+ c2 oI am not done with my changes.
) s4 K9 c: ~; z3 ?4 S4 f6 e) [  Y—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
5 Z# {9 c4 G2 V, [你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

! p2 J4 `2 Z+ J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
: e6 i7 X7 @+ w. ]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