【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。
/ H; _! B/ z; x5 c! ?, W1 _% W) L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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# ?. O! x& @% I, N, C$ E    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
4 A/ h' f/ i* G. Q! h' O0 osome of them I like,
5 ~- j/ s5 e4 ]/ O" q. S: Dand some of them I do not like.
% A2 ~9 q. X. c" _* }0 m% r* NOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
  ]/ b, ^5 D$ V; W" Y9 xout of his true affections.
I go, I go
. n' s, N2 Y- B% pexulting somewhat,
& `' w! E$ z% L, p: N6 Q- y( twith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
6 `5 X) ]6 e# h7 Z; z7 o$ Zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
6 W! K+ G  b# I$ v  M! Hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
$ O, C7 B+ c, y, K3 Ha nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
  ?3 N, h0 |( c- Y: [directed me:
, _- V2 G9 H, V+ d- X) w2 s  hLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

% {# A; ?' g. e# _; r- ]原文在此：

The Layers
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! t5 n/ F' A* i' [I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
( ~& u- C( V3 y" E% l0 t  \though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
, n7 F) X$ Y; I: j+ K2 NWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
$ Z! c4 R4 X; u4 d4 Q4 HI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
$ ^$ v2 h+ L7 Y' b0 {and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
4 a" U6 G4 T+ Z- E- Z0 f! X3 ]over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
7 Z& ?& g% ^: L2 j0 b* Hand my tribe is scattered!
! F8 D4 C( Q7 W& g  ^) _How shall the heart be reconciled
) c: W1 d  V. V2 bto its feast of losses?
! ?% @# u! e; B: {2 T$ E7 HIn a rising wind
. n- f. n# G: ^% Xthe manic dust of my friends,
# ?( [1 M% S; x% ]9 \those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
0 D: w  n# Z; P9 q* h2 e, dYet I turn, I turn,
8 i5 b6 o" S7 G0 a& b8 nexulting somewhat,
( l6 s# L; ^2 R; z6 owith my will intact to go
0 L7 B0 @7 x6 l7 a; J5 Owhereever I need to go,
) d+ ~! j/ j; O  U! d$ Zand every stone on the road
. y  ~2 H" v. l; Sprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
8 c7 j$ c" i* k1 F7 t! n: D/ N/ ?and I roamed through wreckage,
6 p9 J: ]* b. a6 w" k5 I4 e$ {a nimbus-clouded voice
+ \3 J( f+ y4 Xdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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8 |* X# [# K. uno doubt the next chapter
5 k, s  Z( n9 P2 r% z. Xin my book of transformations
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' |3 }' z; D' TI 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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

  v% W" r% [% Z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