【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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    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
: B, c( ^" V& A3 f# Msome of them I like,
# P  e9 M5 ^8 a% B$ @4 Z$ u8 aand some of them I do not like.
9 j  I' k% L+ o$ }* @2 eOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
# X; ]$ w' {! E; L$ g9 dI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
1 e4 k" C( a  P  ^# R: @wherever I need to go,
( |7 n3 p7 G* x- Rand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
1 Y3 r' J: z" O0 b6 n# MPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
9 B" V! v4 l9 Kand I roamed through websites,
: G) ]* o; C/ f+ P& M! v8 q" aa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
. s1 y1 R2 _( s5 `2 l( L+ adirected me:
% X+ X6 N5 B) F3 A* y3 dLive in the layers
3 X3 F/ \; R/ O! Q# T* Nnot on the litter.
! |5 [7 o6 c# ?+ @1 g7 k5 z  yThough I lack the art
# D; I+ N$ ?% @! @1 F( G; yto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
4 E& O) `( d# O6 p/ t" N4 jin my book of transformations
is already written.
7 t) _) m  ?8 Y* ?# zI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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8 g5 e4 ^7 N4 ^" y3 T5 K! U原文在此：
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/ }$ V$ B& Q1 g0 v% AThe Layers

0 I* \9 d: _- u% _! K) A9 x8 w4 lI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
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as I am compelled to look
( N( v; l9 ?$ Y( n1 g: }2 Obefore I can gather strength
8 w, n" o$ b+ D& vto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
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from the abandoned camp-sites,
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Oh, I have made myself a tribe
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and my tribe is scattered!
! w6 M7 ^& x2 ]How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
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exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
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and every stone on the road
precious to me.
9 v! `: @% }% v8 P& GIn my darkest night,
2 C; q& `3 C) A: y" x, i) A5 \when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
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directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
/ }( r) U$ V' d* ~; PThough I lack the art
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no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
3 g4 y. c! K4 W5 P& X+ L1 t( d  C) EI am not done with my changes.
) l# \6 |$ [! C—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
: f+ u7 C( L2 M# \# s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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0 y( @1 y) x3 z4 Z6 J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

6 H: e0 O; A5 h) i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