【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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. a* {% J& p& f0 R    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
; O! e4 d: Z# X  p6 ^7 N( osome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
5 [: F- e1 H1 t1 HOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
2 i& ?2 ^/ t$ h6 [- K) {  jwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
3 ]; r3 t7 z3 Q- i; rPrecious to me.
9 Z) G, n* E7 Q  z" P& N; BIn my darkest night,
6 A! P) v  w1 |7 Y- i4 rwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
+ d9 G( l. [; k  z& Xa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
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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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% P4 o0 d1 U2 wThe Layers

! C% m' E9 A% XI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
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though some principle of being
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: F$ i2 p, D: H. `. nnot to stray.
8 x, b$ m$ g  jWhen I look behind,
' m) A& [7 W* i. G4 @. Sas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
0 T" |6 W, _4 J3 o8 cto proceed on my journey,
; w/ o" l" U- M  W  x. B* U& @I see the milestones dwindling
7 C4 _1 }' `# @0 btoward the horizon
$ }) X5 C) G" g" e7 Nand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
9 p2 {& _8 z5 s# s& ]wheel on heavy wings.
3 d1 j( O( ~  Q; _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?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
* `" {! j4 V9 Obitterly stings my face.
2 E  f- |. S5 oYet I turn, I turn,
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with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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+ @, A0 f3 l! t) [- I2 E/ q$ [; [In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
* t6 q: o: D) `$ [& B: ^+ w$ X1 hdirected me:
+ q7 j. ?6 L5 P- W. y: n"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
: Q. X  J/ x1 z4 ~. ]/ fThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
. i) J6 ^2 R) bno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
6 I9 D) X" J" n1 F8 }I am not done with my changes.
4 U2 q9 h# P& \# j  \, I+ x: m! ~—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
8 T$ t) c) `' y, m$ U/ D! V9 H: Z3 P你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

, [# J9 D6 R1 g# B( B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

' I" c" |' W. C7 }. w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