【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。
& o3 s1 G/ F5 q' K9 P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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+ s8 A1 Y+ q$ d9 |1 j+ |    The layers

, R% e% o' m$ O( mI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
" N/ q4 V+ V; W/ j% VI go, I go
! m5 ?% c9 _4 j9 L  x$ X2 vexulting somewhat,
( }  F* L- b$ G+ D! bwith my will intact to go
, D6 L7 T4 Q6 ywherever I need to go,
( w, e7 ^2 |* V: Q' qand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
5 d% D& c* _& p0 R$ b$ ~In my darkest night,
2 S# p+ ~$ n2 ]: \when the moon was covered
/ B8 U+ h: f; J" tand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
3 y9 T9 T8 S, G, S' V/ u( d; wdirected me:
  k' p2 v: m, wLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
3 e' G" E) |% B( `to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
9 z( Y: w2 n+ N" `" Ethough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
7 _4 J/ V  N0 q3 |not to stray.
, e3 s' w4 O2 j1 GWhen I look behind,
. j) y0 a) l5 W+ e8 M6 e# aas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
! s" d6 g$ L; b3 R$ cand the slow fires trailing
. B' k3 M. A9 J5 i3 F2 Sfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
- I1 k; i5 \6 J* u. Rto its feast of losses?
- H; ^2 J+ S3 F/ W/ p7 NIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
, q+ `1 \  d2 h: w; Z2 y6 n  [. Mwhereever I need to go,
% {5 ]7 o: ^+ i: Fand every stone on the road
  F" X+ `/ \( {) u% Yprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
+ Y- l4 s5 U& o# p% Z! n  Ewhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
' l2 @) D4 _- Y* Za nimbus-clouded voice
0 w. ~( _: T) G8 z2 Cdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
: \; W* u! d2 B% anot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
! o$ O/ E* ?! ]9 h, p4 D+ m, n, Vto decipher it,
0 E: U) Q) p; w7 x% C. U0 i# `1 fno doubt the next chapter
+ t4 L" M4 N/ O' Y- Sin my book of transformations
* a' k: n$ l' c* z' X- s" U, Zis already written.
$ N! j8 z2 [5 ]9 y  T  r5 @I am not done with my changes.
—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
. K" i+ P, P% y4 x3 I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
& W8 c9 r! g4 ], V% x) ^7 D9 D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