【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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2 s% u! S5 S0 j" Y    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
7 d6 r7 K! Y% E* }8 h, qsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
, N4 G* l# n, Q+ D9 N+ T5 O: _3 oI go, I go
2 i- V0 H" V: O) sexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
; X) K9 s# R- [' a# \9 `, e2 WPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
/ S7 {: d) w* |: ?7 O  L2 bwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
, V* G6 T$ N9 @6 J$ M$ V" Hnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
* ?0 N/ `( i- \. b6 Mto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
1 a3 x; N0 S4 ?& sI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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6 L/ R0 D, c5 t; x9 {2 ?! A  JThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
. I+ I! }8 k) o$ ]" Hsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
, j* L; D- {) b1 K2 t% T6 S$ t0 zthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
* V" u) y3 P7 n9 \; mnot to stray.
3 _; O6 Y9 k% Y' ]4 [9 iWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
5 j" v/ h/ g- F9 ^5 d- G3 {! _9 yI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
6 e. o( U" v, O. e7 s- pand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
1 v0 v6 y4 y1 V" Lwheel on heavy wings.
& A/ J$ w0 f6 c  S5 B! h$ l' BOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
8 `; z4 K. C+ M; w) i" ]and my tribe is scattered!
9 v- n/ t/ X* @- m" y" D, }) SHow 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,
bitterly stings my face.
7 U$ n( X* N( a2 t; h/ ?( ]Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
$ |! i; q9 k& vwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
1 v1 |* k6 f( q6 C. t; Z# m9 y$ fprecious to me.
) _  A: J. U" z  }In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
. P& V* L2 c2 X7 n! I5 {; j2 ~and I roamed through wreckage,
4 P9 g9 |$ i2 N( w' P7 L5 d! Sa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"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
# @5 X$ }' [5 s' D2 d1 Ais already written.
+ N/ n" ^7 v* mI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

2 Q% q; K7 J/ a. T[ 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
7 ~$ j$ }( Z7 s, ]. {  g- z4 n8 K你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

! L' R  d# ^( o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
+ H0 x5 n; g* c3 u谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

6 g0 I2 a1 ]- x5 ~  n5 M2 p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