【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

2 n! T6 K/ v7 K3 i: ?! k: T6 L5 uI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
: J7 w7 T* j! c3 S+ A0 e  WOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
/ ^; Z; Z+ q! ?# M* Cout of his true affections.
: o' |7 n$ l/ v8 zI go, I go
3 b9 [* a* M3 U- ?exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
7 W8 z& W2 J1 |1 K( i$ p9 @1 bwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
6 t. i/ k- e/ L* K" Land I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
+ {) k, [% {! hLive in the layers
not on the litter.
# H4 L4 X. M2 O) `" tThough I lack the art
& q7 [6 T" ~: }: @! ~to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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: y$ {  \" \$ C/ j6 Q2 DI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers

& D4 T5 e! f6 A9 [' O4 U0 Q- c# `I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
! p# q+ m8 C' x, W- Wand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
; D9 j/ n; X; Q8 C6 l* Z8 pas I am compelled to look
: }/ a2 }' ^: jbefore I can gather strength
9 p; r$ o7 H$ }7 dto proceed on my journey,
0 T8 [4 i( s$ O/ ~# LI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
2 r( A: m1 T2 x: o6 v2 gand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
) x3 H/ M8 Z& sover which scavenger angels
- _0 \! s9 z9 \( mwheel on heavy wings.
* w$ S4 J( l9 \* W! C$ wOh, I have made myself a tribe
$ x6 Y8 [6 r3 `" Z6 y3 D& w$ lout of my true affections,
* h. a3 ]. i9 y, ~and my tribe is scattered!
# P: f, |, `, E) s: l: QHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
, B3 b0 n$ ~  x- h7 U3 ethose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
& ^2 t! w, X( K' P9 a) Xwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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& A1 g; n5 z' g9 m* nIn my darkest night,
$ B3 V+ h# ?9 ?1 ^. z1 K: Wwhen the moon was covered
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a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
, A. w# T( Z- s# b8 F# _not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
5 P; ^; b" J; F$ Kin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
1 L. ]* l! a- w, P. V" T0 s—Stanley Kunitz

/ b9 k% D3 @# e' o6 L2 c[ 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
( a+ s/ Q1 K* k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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, x8 P  B, M* @( R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
, Z5 @9 _" O8 F' M' M谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

8 d2 r- R* L& M0 `; }$ N, J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