【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。
$ c7 P2 A) u# g0 i8 }9 e+ m5 B5 C: E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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    The layers
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) d4 _6 v( C  t7 TI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
7 ^4 N  ?: d4 M9 J$ P! Q! OOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
7 E2 u- S  o" G4 l5 oI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
. M  J$ x- T. ?% O. {# V" \wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
% ~$ i+ w9 d5 l2 H- ]In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
  _$ j: Q  {9 M2 M5 ]7 E" v# E* fa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
$ f5 V2 Y0 s3 L8 a# ^, k/ kLive in the layers
not on the litter.
: {4 x8 j1 \1 HThough I lack the art
$ D4 R# l9 p) n4 V0 `% q$ Ato decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
9 R/ Q: ]; F( a3 q) f; }! Nin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
+ X8 L0 b4 p5 L$ D4 xsome of them my own,
# U. C4 r, z0 Q) [) g& Uand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
( M5 z$ C/ \0 g9 M; Z5 eabides, from which I struggle
3 ~7 ]0 k( V. r+ S" l+ e# `$ N6 U; R1 cnot to stray.
When I look behind,
* [; E1 C4 [8 |) C! J7 Jas I am compelled to look
- w: T( L: {: j  @before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
% ^; s0 e% R! |7 m+ I1 ntoward the horizon
* F" ]* U0 v6 dand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
  m# z) n$ a: z4 `wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
+ [6 D9 y' R  B1 d' }out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
9 H0 v( m/ `* X1 f, v2 zthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
. a; g8 F! _) U, }Yet I turn, I turn,
/ G. o, ]5 s. R) @  I' Lexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
% n4 @( p; C$ R! M. O. b9 Hwhereever I need to go,
5 x0 r7 }  C$ m  tand every stone on the road
4 i" T+ q( q( d& Kprecious to me.
3 q; k$ D# e' n& kIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
1 M2 x) m; B, Z) |. o2 pa nimbus-clouded voice
9 |4 f" O) Y6 b7 B- Gdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
3 W: D% X9 w! W0 ^" k* ]) b* b" aThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 I% r  L3 E; }  M7 }& s3 Ano doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
" ]! \( y& |% M* I1 p% h; Zis already written.
; G& k) |( t& }! z1 t* fI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

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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
9 i+ T) O! y* R; o你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

; a' T. T9 D, K/ T0 U, [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