【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。
  ?3 ?. m7 l; k0 p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

8 [( M% |8 _( h) q+ ~I have walked through many websites,
( y9 a9 X( ?3 T, ~4 gsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
+ u, W6 ]2 F( s0 gexulting somewhat,
) W: h% F5 d; z- M9 \9 D+ xwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
1 `9 W& d( T' I% ?Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
: g( L9 o$ L' I- _3 _6 Fwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
  K- R8 W7 Y; dLive in the layers
not on the litter.
, K* B' A' x+ ?( O# b' ~9 J/ EThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
, A/ f! z; }* Lno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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$ `: n- K" i9 }2 h原文在此：

% G* J* ~( M, Z+ B2 U: r/ gThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
# A4 ^! ~  M) N; p% {% g# asome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
! C9 G, L9 u1 P+ }though some principle of being
, K& k. i$ t% w  Uabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
8 F$ T2 F; X; x0 X* O, \as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
" }/ w8 l; M& G- Jto proceed on my journey,
+ y& b2 r% I6 HI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
( }% f9 W5 }  s- M3 L' P) w6 pand the slow fires trailing
6 j3 {6 l0 W8 o2 n; C7 cfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
! w- g$ d: k1 `5 C9 ^over which scavenger angels
+ ]/ b6 n- }/ X/ j0 P) }wheel on heavy wings.
0 G6 A4 `; B8 l3 T+ d. bOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
1 w7 Z: O' ]& w% |% N/ k% Eand my tribe is scattered!
0 u- @7 B% s0 C7 o  d; RHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
' t. Y  |9 N3 e3 v. r8 _the manic dust of my friends,
- a1 S+ c. C  T* ]% D: R% |those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
. p* g& e0 K- ?with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
% j9 F; @$ j: Y5 W# \: }precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
0 M+ K2 R/ M5 Q6 I( r; ?and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
1 f& k7 d4 n  n/ Q"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
1 m) }2 r5 s0 y- ?: tThough I lack the art
6 ^6 b! G; E3 J: [to decipher it,
0 c( e8 x! ^& E! Gno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
0 s. P+ r! m9 B8 kis already written.
' T; ~. P* v" t  ~! [, ]( ^$ p7 E$ DI am not done with my changes.
" `5 Z7 I+ M. e—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

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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 _* ^* t  r  R1 O% b* T5 X. A2 b谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

# m8 U1 o! o0 ?% z" A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