【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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  S  T% }- x: t8 L    The layers
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6 L9 ~* F: k, c3 n- S! jI have walked through many websites,
5 }$ x1 j% u! h, [' S; Y9 wsome of them I like,
/ K/ S- V) `% n$ Uand some of them I do not like.
* U& X+ O9 C  x( S( m& T5 JOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
! T6 ~& m( h2 _6 n; ^3 o4 tI go, I go
- W5 j) D' F3 N8 m% Cexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
- M( n/ }, y2 {3 g: Qwherever I need to go,
7 S6 }0 Y6 }" h5 Mand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
1 b. e7 g$ ]) fIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
: F  E. t( q, m/ X6 V% w& Aand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
. H' W0 ]* i; F# H. Gdirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
: Y/ q' I: |- qno doubt the next chaper
5 L* Q- N! e7 L4 ^$ C' g+ @in my book of transformations
is already written.
. L) j/ f# k. f- T+ [5 r( {5 SI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
2 ]9 I! _" _! h. K, [3 V9 tsome of them my own,
; W6 z/ P) N, H7 mand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
2 P5 e# o7 T4 U4 H  }6 q! kI see the milestones dwindling
  B/ {7 K& I4 _  z, t9 r0 b. O4 ltoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
1 T4 ^! v& j( \from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
3 n( @, ?7 D6 XHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
# Q: g9 p9 x+ w. L: m% p# jthe manic dust of my friends,
1 S2 k) Z) e" W6 {those who fell along the way,
+ V5 U: m' X( ~! E/ V3 ^9 ^bitterly stings my face.
# \7 L& S6 D- }Yet I turn, I turn,
3 t% u" w" R: G# g! i' dexulting somewhat,
4 e2 \+ `+ h( ~/ I4 L& R. S3 l. nwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
2 S/ k4 v1 W: T/ e1 D: N; U( Hand every stone on the road
: o7 e, _2 r0 F7 L* @precious to me.
In my darkest night,
. T7 z7 |- f- i" `- _& mwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
# r% K0 p6 {* P! ka nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
0 x% u5 I& Y+ t1 E4 @% g2 {"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
; h& ^) w  W! k) Eto decipher it,
, o( v% Z3 M7 L9 X! p, r6 Eno doubt the next chapter
2 J2 f/ {9 i# Z8 z# Zin my book of transformations
* p2 F, L9 i$ L1 v# h1 _- ^is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
+ }, a) P/ k1 o$ ]* P: \. ~$ m—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
. N) I+ }: b6 B+ E! ]( A# A# G  n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

- U# F: E4 \1 {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