【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。
$ K. \+ h' j+ T5 ^5 G* R( p* ]7 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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    The layers

* M1 z2 f( n# Q. F% `$ m) n7 H2 NI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
* b6 z- \6 ^2 w, e. wand some of them I do not like.
: T! H% ^, o% _2 t- j! zOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
: d/ V  K: z! B" fout of his true affections.
I go, I go
2 Q4 w1 r1 M6 [9 N, z- Gexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
3 I' d( H2 w! N1 ewhen the moon was covered
9 U6 R! G: L! g8 V# P6 aand I roamed through websites,
2 Y7 z6 P& U( Na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
* u$ |0 H. s% D9 T- D( D* b" HLive in the layers
1 M5 |) ~0 H  q/ i% W6 unot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
3 ~" r$ F! O  ~3 ~6 \6 z  Q- nto decipher it,
! ~% P% A  P# ~/ ~2 `( l2 xno doubt the next chaper
7 k/ f4 S1 O" {% @( X' zin my book of transformations
is already written.
3 f& @, \& I. V' h4 k6 ~4 ZI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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0 d' Q1 Q4 t4 S" G0 f9 }+ p原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
% H9 [0 ]5 P! O( V# Sand I am not who I was,
7 P! J& W+ D- e9 |9 S/ l& J! w& a+ @though some principle of being
! n: M- C3 a* }abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
1 G: q9 u/ [* t) ?5 M+ Nas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
4 t' ~! Y) V2 ~- r# zI see the milestones dwindling
7 @: p1 j  t& l9 Mtoward the horizon
1 t5 }5 u2 r- U! F: T4 I5 oand the slow fires trailing
- x$ i# e1 G. y& C: w' w9 qfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
- Z9 J/ r9 z$ }" |3 ~- ~over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
7 `- N% q- w  S7 S5 Aand my tribe is scattered!
& F% r3 ~: E5 g& A; S) ^How shall the heart be reconciled
. [* D0 r) l+ u8 Oto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
1 M+ f# L+ K. Y8 Sthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
4 F2 u$ D' ~. b) O. b3 r: EYet I turn, I turn,
: I5 v7 z6 C0 \0 |2 I& Q2 mexulting somewhat,
$ z$ s5 ~) P/ Y" o. R! Bwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
: y3 ^6 N6 o, n2 LIn my darkest night,
$ ]6 {5 `& y) `, t& L% T3 D& o: kwhen the moon was covered
! s2 j, Q' [2 R6 e9 R  h. x0 gand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
$ G3 g( r$ ~/ N5 R3 u! Q* A6 y) c5 ?directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
6 E6 j# |* r. r" T; A& y& yto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
1 g3 E/ z8 \5 E8 x% y, kin my book of transformations
" Q2 m7 j. [& {4 w" c% S5 M+ v/ ]is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
; L/ Q; p) E+ B4 |9 |# @, T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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. D: ~) G# \* A: C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