【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。
# k1 u# ]: O" p1 h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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4 M' V: f) \! x# x    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
3 b4 h2 m# o. _2 k; o9 rand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
+ G9 H9 `8 l, q. T2 Lout of his true affections.
I go, I go
: o- F# ~+ U- {! s' ]. z/ S. |& Oexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
/ P! R3 N3 p0 }wherever I need to go,
& u: z* Y1 ]1 x8 e! S( Rand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
+ o) ?- u& L5 P% u% u' D  U( pPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
5 ^5 O7 ?8 W( P% L# {2 Z" V/ Ba nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
" R5 r& L& ~  q) _0 ?# [Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

7 w% }# L6 y  O原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
+ [1 b( \) `( m6 ?' k! H/ b1 d$ kthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
- R% Y9 ^; t, L2 a, y: W: k# Eas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
, \0 a; X- x, ^' Zto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
# x  S) i6 p8 Rover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
- V' e8 ]3 F0 f" z" mOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
% P( v" F, S* {* k. g& oHow shall the heart be reconciled
+ e) ~, a% z( A# P$ i" E" z8 q9 Ito its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
3 l* F% e, i9 Z' vbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
1 @& U' d: j- d: y8 B5 s1 |whereever I need to go,
+ h1 U( I1 J( @2 I* Rand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
& S7 G2 S  N3 U# [) {) cdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
8 F9 n: I  O8 S* {0 Jnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
9 M5 a, u. h5 hno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
, |# M. i1 d( [7 H, P, TI am not done with my changes.
0 j. z% s/ y* w5 X—Stanley Kunitz
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; [3 B  u7 `) ][ 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
" E/ R7 U6 h+ x- }1 d& e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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

2 q3 p' P8 ~9 a. A* v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