【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



    The layers

6 [: u2 m; Z( H, O0 V$ zI have walked through many websites,
' A. A# K- t- H+ Msome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
0 x& D# o$ s5 G! [; jout of his true affections.
  N( U/ M' p2 A: F) GI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
/ O1 J" ], k) y9 H- [with my will intact to go
- J, j( Y% P4 K. v( z+ I$ `wherever I need to go,
6 T1 l, l, j. F5 n6 Y& s, h! Jand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
# h$ v' }- E, R" i# l' aPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
" e4 ?# [/ K8 \# gwhen the moon was covered
  h) d: U0 [4 ^% |7 ~# _! ]9 Rand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
9 o8 q' M3 r3 K6 o+ T3 e9 f  j  `directed me:
% H, N6 y( x0 p7 a5 G) \Live in the layers
! j4 ?) l$ o' @+ Enot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
) T4 O: o. h4 G2 R. X4 g9 J9 t4 Ato decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
* S* B! O' o2 p2 f7 TI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers

( n" {  G8 j5 _5 fI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
1 _* J* v8 ^) o& c0 Athough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
8 F& g6 Z. b4 e# \* k- [' lnot to stray.
* x0 r8 D, Y4 ^9 y9 W: [0 R. [) IWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
; L5 P& K4 x0 v$ wI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
' l+ k; K- w, a2 I( \. g+ Xand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
  L) v0 L3 T  q# \! R% d( m) Aout of my true affections,
& G: y& o! I7 c% t0 wand my tribe is scattered!
' Y5 _4 i- J7 w' w/ ^/ e  mHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
: a9 J7 F% q3 j; x2 CIn a rising wind
% |" t+ A/ w- R- a. D, B5 l( Tthe manic dust of my friends,
+ W2 u7 C6 j0 Z) D; i9 j" F1 Xthose who fell along the way,
9 d' z' v! [8 C. z1 }bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
7 ]/ n: W- ]! S! pwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
4 I6 G$ S/ c" X; W* G* s; Jwhen the moon was covered
% h4 U7 a* s( W/ Mand I roamed through wreckage,
/ p" Y/ N: B- q* T) K. Oa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
+ l+ @6 u# A* Y2 ~7 |$ c( f+ V1 o3 N"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
# f, f+ e* K; ~5 r2 u; c+ Sis already written.
6 H$ B4 j7 k1 V! pI am not done with my changes.
—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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

" P$ {& d( @' k: B; s
& N7 `( G7 X1 Z7 ^- ~9 M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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

1 N; v6 o: g  J! r! z. m9 E: S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