【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。
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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3 U% H* n1 J& X9 t    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
- D- O. t% \5 @& A: M4 Rsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
2 P6 T2 h6 {9 I: b% zOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
+ n! U' k3 j! @7 |, B3 a0 a" y3 sI go, I go
/ u6 I4 O0 \* x1 r# a1 zexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
. n- `! r3 U' l( LPrecious to me.
3 S( w$ v' v9 |% zIn my darkest night,
; I3 e, S  j4 m0 d4 Z9 Twhen the moon was covered
! l0 q$ |" i% H8 i: u# W2 Gand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
* A+ {1 }' e$ Rnot on the litter.
' E0 {4 _: `5 ^6 d" KThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 n; Y, `5 x. Z: t- `4 d+ k2 ?' b  Lno doubt the next chaper
3 B% y8 M# ~; d9 w5 o3 ^) E2 ~in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
7 @: E7 ^) f; o7 n4 tsome of them my own,
! U3 O/ c' U7 Jand I am not who I was,
) s3 `. ]$ K0 y4 }; Y5 A! u0 Lthough some principle of being
# |& V2 y, e, r' \9 Nabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
  h3 X; }1 l* cas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
! ^) K- S8 F5 m3 [I see the milestones dwindling
& [! W$ q/ w0 D7 Itoward the horizon
% _& M- z# M1 i) V7 band the slow fires trailing
% ?( s5 p- x; n2 e1 B0 l/ N  C0 [from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
3 D! N1 X  z; POh, I have made myself a tribe
, W# \7 n$ c, D% k3 J% M( U2 Jout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
  D& H/ S) h; y' U' q* J0 S8 m& AHow shall the heart be reconciled
8 I7 A. I% d9 l4 E, D- p; Eto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
! _" L0 Y; ?' O2 d7 a3 dthe manic dust of my friends,
4 H4 X: x' v  ^4 dthose who fell along the way,
; B' Y, g) H5 X& x  pbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
  ]1 k) G8 [1 }4 Tand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
* ]" U, w% @. s' Uand I roamed through wreckage,
; h. l' Q2 p" v( H7 v# Xa nimbus-clouded voice
: M2 y/ \# A" Ddirected me:
"Live in the layers,
) V7 A4 I6 \9 Y  s; knot on the litter."
; W1 |8 u5 J6 @" V9 c( pThough I lack the art
9 G0 B1 C: l2 g+ Y8 h+ G& F7 j7 M! ?to decipher it,
- t+ _8 Y, N9 a. e2 w# f+ L. Rno doubt the next chapter
0 a/ K& ?- E4 a5 ?: Qin my book of transformations
is already written.
9 y+ d) a$ u2 \8 |' q' H4 b  yI am not done with my changes.
7 J& Y+ D( y3 _' Q  I9 Q—Stanley Kunitz
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) h& j9 [# o$ X# b: W[ 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 x/ c0 t/ E0 K+ N# i' f你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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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
8 c3 u0 B$ r$ f/ j* {3 C5 M: 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