【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。
9 B0 `! E: l5 ^* Q+ I  f) K8 b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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  y2 A9 t1 X+ H8 b: i/ R    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
) v1 R/ {0 Y- [6 m8 _; p* k4 z5 y& _$ dand some of them I do not like.
! A# B" ^# U! l& m5 y8 y0 mOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
8 d  N! V% A, i+ z& Iout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
9 X5 t- b5 W  J8 C/ Ewherever I need to go,
0 }9 ~8 M( K: ]# _- }! ~4 Land every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
1 f) v( [$ A5 z9 B( \- _/ j4 T3 ~  band I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
  V. |; J9 \) `! y" p2 z& \Live in the layers
not on the litter.
. G% U: v: y/ D' P$ h, b5 |' A7 I/ SThough I lack the art
. _0 @8 G' |. D! k. \- M, a0 s2 xto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
$ ^( }: p' p7 o& Q% zis already written.
! z/ k; Y5 X7 u0 p+ S( C5 D0 [1 K0 {I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

# D' Q9 ]+ p' ^The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
* c  C- Z! t) Y/ x# Hand I am not who I was,
# ^# J; n4 D; f$ E  j) o. ^$ Ythough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
' t: t1 w4 \( was I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
" e9 Y* B, h4 ]; ?I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
) U% o/ [  e7 d4 I1 ywheel on heavy wings.
6 C3 ?6 o# U# ]  DOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
; a  l' {% l. ^0 A3 x3 mand my tribe is scattered!
" r0 u3 @5 K$ T- @: m( S3 n& ^How shall the heart be reconciled
4 _  w- x6 E: ]: z0 o  jto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
: \5 s$ W) A$ P* \6 ]the manic dust of my friends,
7 z4 p! J7 r$ v0 Othose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
( I/ p" L. g0 y7 Y0 [' B' Wexulting somewhat,
% T1 W+ E9 g' Ewith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
) T) r8 y2 j0 I( L' _) kdirected me:
  c# X5 \2 w1 v7 e* K  w"Live in the layers,
" l2 Z- H  K; }4 Q) Rnot on the litter."
% z: I# F( U  y7 v4 m( kThough I lack the art
8 [6 |+ h) w" v' R1 g, ^$ T! dto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
# U, R2 G1 d; ^4 g- Y7 rin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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: B0 \! ?: A- ]& d[ 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
' _6 `! c8 {8 k3 b你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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

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