【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,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
8 R  b1 I1 J7 H$ T) T1 l3 [" bI go, I go
& r! ~1 k$ e5 t9 y% o6 e/ \exulting somewhat,
% o/ \2 b/ U  j- C! B# jwith my will intact to go
, V% W9 A* B* }6 a' y; g) Nwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
( Z' m, I5 c8 f) O. V' yIn my darkest night,
. }3 x) \# ^# _6 |9 G! w2 n. bwhen the moon was covered
+ i9 c; h8 n; x, S# sand I roamed through websites,
& |) X5 q1 o$ u& Ua nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
6 D7 R! D( D/ p% J1 Fdirected me:
& ?9 p! _) j  @7 v; `; ^  c7 ELive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
9 j6 i, f8 H& Y9 x" V: F  tto decipher it,
& ]! u7 L+ ?) o* R- T* L3 E# Lno doubt the next chaper
9 r* k# G5 p! d. Q: C6 U( Oin my book of transformations
& X9 b; a  Y. Y, Tis already written.
6 [) v0 M- P; d, K+ GI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

1 c2 T. \5 z* X8 l. x( CThe Layers
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2 I& f4 Z/ B' G4 b. Y: Q1 P9 TI have walked through many lives,
+ j, D$ F) ]6 nsome of them my own,
# a' y7 Y& }/ Q) h( t  k3 Fand I am not who I was,
- c- Y: E* l) G: B$ wthough 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,
; ]. l% k) j; h1 G% r* M. B8 SI see the milestones dwindling
! C7 l0 F" X* z9 H! itoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
  b% W) W- {/ v! iover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
) O7 l3 s) b9 n3 f& n4 Rout 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,
those who fell along the way,
2 v0 M: o! K4 K+ gbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
! f) F) Z7 L! V/ o2 pexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
6 S# Z, B8 H: ^  `, band every stone on the road
6 `/ O) k2 q" hprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
' \- U! }$ \' F, j! dwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
% D/ F0 ^6 n, O"Live in the layers,
" A" s- Q6 T' L6 c! ]4 y  ~  u& Anot on the litter."
: z4 r& |/ p( ~- G. G6 c, B' J1 WThough I lack the art
2 I0 L" O6 z0 U9 v- M) ]to decipher it,
! a1 X; p0 c- }) R6 ^8 kno doubt the next chapter
2 t0 q7 S* h8 H+ p' Y! w2 iin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
; T0 e# d9 v" h! Q, X—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
" h/ G1 F% L0 r" D1 p3 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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' ~" x0 |. 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
: G6 ?& j3 S+ o+ ?& x5 R5 X谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

! o0 J8 H6 d) I7 o- w$ `: r0 ^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