【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

) c7 }, e9 q7 B% v; J4 q! UI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
5 e2 o/ w, h& Z( k) Qand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
9 F! G, A3 G2 O& f) \: Hwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
- ~  l; \- b" v# g3 ^* n$ |/ e  E# U6 iPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
: U' i" m7 S0 C$ ~when the moon was covered
8 A6 W' C8 s3 P+ [- Oand I roamed through websites,
; O0 p" z: r  P. wa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
& ^1 Q  J4 Q$ m4 A5 Vdirected me:
) \  E6 B% T2 K( T; yLive in the layers
not on the litter.
* E/ n- b$ D5 Y* s! I) uThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
5 g5 W$ H9 N2 z+ A7 |$ `I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers

# u, W# ^7 K. f' ^$ V- \- P; ]I have walked through many lives,
3 N; d8 ]* K0 \, Bsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
) U& f' s4 \; t% u, ~! Z( L% Vabides, from which I struggle
& i- V. _# E/ H5 B9 unot to stray.
0 A$ J5 u1 Q, B1 MWhen I look behind,
* t' G* `$ D) I8 B6 {& Fas I am compelled to look
: Y! h, n& A- g5 n7 v9 pbefore I can gather strength
/ F, l$ z0 `- r( h$ z+ s* n$ Y' Pto proceed on my journey,
% v( @' @' u% v  ^- PI see the milestones dwindling
8 p# S7 w5 S5 Xtoward the horizon
% v  F$ z8 n4 }9 ]3 `and the slow fires trailing
+ \6 w3 g; y& k5 `from the abandoned camp-sites,
* P6 P$ X! h$ R- G, iover which scavenger angels
1 b$ u, q7 X9 I6 V' z% |wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
+ e6 h* \) }2 E7 oHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
6 S7 ~8 c+ |9 K( I* U, I+ h/ OIn a rising wind
( H' J9 n! y- E# E0 i$ i/ l2 ^the manic dust of my friends,
3 V3 C9 e  D" o; I2 fthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
  m0 p9 |* ~/ s5 E* a1 KYet I turn, I turn,
2 ~" }& F$ M# q! Gexulting somewhat,
# c/ h" r8 p' wwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
8 p8 k3 s- s2 Y4 Iand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
# {' L1 N6 f9 J( lwhen the moon was covered
+ |% a# o) j7 V! n2 M* Aand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
& R1 b" w) J9 g" S0 A+ `) C( C# T"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
  q( g/ j& c' a% C; N' v, Cno doubt the next chapter
6 z+ u$ \: G% r5 bin my book of transformations
is already written.
0 c6 Z# v* Q2 d( L% ~# D7 ]I am not done with my changes.
# K+ e% }! X* d6 N—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
) t+ v6 w/ ]. A2 ^你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

$ k6 o* L9 Z& B0 P+ O9 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
4 D. _! Z- Q8 Y+ B# Q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