【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。
0 ^8 ]) t& \9 J6 c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



    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
& f* L! L: w- {0 J% b5 U- ?$ [2 V1 Hsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
+ {) r. c. @* |7 F) G) J" X" S+ e- {' WOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
0 n: x" W5 g) m, |! t, r9 J% JI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
2 t( P1 L8 H6 K- a1 D; @with my will intact to go
5 L, n  j& r) {9 \: Awherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
7 ^; ^# s6 I3 N- \. dwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
  y& T  Z6 M) R7 ^2 Q+ sdirected me:
7 H/ Z, @$ x- @4 M2 {7 _Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
8 G" q/ i- Y/ {% qto decipher it,
( H, C5 N2 k! S! D1 O1 u! b2 _no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
1 j5 q# p: ]& E$ s6 Z" z9 B4 L# {, ^is already written.
9 j& Q, b  Q6 _+ jI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

, z  e! _+ u% i" ~原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
8 M1 u# t# ], F9 [/ Q/ V5 tsome of them my own,
1 o: n" q% K/ o% m2 }6 g" Vand I am not who I was,
# @* A3 u+ x2 ithough some principle of being
, }" H( `' @+ i* Z# u  k1 e6 Xabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
- ^/ D' J8 T/ mWhen I look behind,
* `/ K0 _- l- ?7 n# I2 das I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
! ?+ R- @1 V) Rtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
, X8 \: \1 i* @1 h- s- Gfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
% f3 }( H1 g, Q9 s# `1 Tover which scavenger angels
! c  R8 J$ S, ]- C. hwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
; o0 }! Q4 G2 ]6 R9 Z# O% u) rout of my true affections,
' y( L' u- x! M  }and my tribe is scattered!
: w& M# S5 ^. M( `" e% Z% L  EHow shall the heart be reconciled
# h0 Z" g6 h- I) G/ G% |# x* B8 d1 Kto its feast of losses?
/ ^8 b% n% o# r8 \* \- g# d( @6 wIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
$ D+ X, @' y+ z+ p, P4 r; S% Pthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
) t* |1 v5 q: m2 T" ?, R5 pwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
1 s2 G7 u) L6 A$ |, ]In my darkest night,
6 q0 v; Q, W) L( mwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
  C0 |! [0 V9 H* ha nimbus-clouded voice
6 j+ F. ^- A% Ndirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
% p: o3 o( ^1 W2 o9 T6 sto decipher it,
) u- S2 y5 O+ h$ yno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
( u8 Y3 z3 R9 r$ i. ^/ y# Uis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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* `* y* h$ d+ F$ d2 r! t; Q[ 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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

/ x3 `" {$ Y  C: O. A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
7 D8 p. r- C) M4 V1 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