【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。
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
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# e% f+ ?0 l; |  tI have walked through many websites,
4 x' V/ e+ J8 k5 \- g0 m2 s+ [) Ssome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
5 h+ T+ n! p; G) d; dOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
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wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
) B8 F- Y; i% f1 [: z/ x/ ZPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
; _& q+ a% {# N2 ~when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
- W" t7 O6 x* f: Q& tnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers
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: q7 I# H- z& N% ~6 ^. _I have walked through many lives,
! _$ r3 W( t3 h2 ?; [$ A* e$ C* ]some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
4 s$ l* L; R, `1 O2 {/ u7 GWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
3 u0 g* C7 m# ]) R: G( n$ k5 uI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
. o2 {$ p  _% z' ?- Q; ^# b9 Rand the slow fires trailing
5 K; W( ?  w2 efrom the abandoned camp-sites,
; t& U4 {- ?9 `3 d  K* q7 Yover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
5 i( Z  g  }' |' YOh, I have made myself a tribe
+ ]) l( l( H5 g' c1 c5 b- Mout of my true affections,
- N+ p, V1 W$ I; v* J4 _) fand 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,
0 x/ j. k* R( i! _$ A$ I. Ythose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
9 N3 |* d& N7 W$ ]; ~' {Yet I turn, I turn,
4 P, ^) \/ J9 Q3 oexulting somewhat,
" ?1 a" Q9 Y9 Kwith my will intact to go
- V. D9 m( {6 X1 Hwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
$ d0 u- R9 \- D4 h4 _# ]8 {a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
) H9 i0 s+ J  [  N7 H8 @3 D"Live in the layers,
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Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
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—Stanley Kunitz
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, e) W" |; K# `. h! D[ 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
& V$ C6 w6 P) g6 q6 K# G谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

7 m, @( {4 o. j8 @# m& H" C# V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