【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
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* o9 _' p5 u: p3 h% II have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
2 o, A) A4 X: }8 u+ G# _and some of them I do not like.
$ S0 I/ f' |# q" _. q! MOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
  K% O1 ]& I/ i+ y7 d2 j7 ]I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
# _2 ~# v( g8 m6 M2 K. |+ ?with my will intact to go
+ y' F  z- s2 }! S+ M6 ewherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
( F4 p3 N7 m2 o" Q7 ?7 X$ G) Mand I roamed through websites,
8 @  k. \: ^9 {1 X7 Ia nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
! g8 u& u! s* w3 [; vdirected me:
. I8 u0 [  J% k: i; h. V5 WLive in the layers
, {2 N! H: L0 Q: S4 ^not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
# V# x7 i6 V+ x+ ato decipher it,
, G6 ?4 P% V( D9 |  I" l9 G2 Zno doubt the next chaper
- _& L1 `; e0 g' V! oin my book of transformations
9 x8 U$ s- V: k/ F2 P! ]. }is already written.
; `; Y* R; ~/ _I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

1 _6 f$ g1 E" Z% A4 j8 _原文在此：

2 C% ^7 a3 \! E7 y1 ?/ nThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
/ V8 X# y1 r& i& a, h* l, [and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
1 d' D6 r% O) E, \" inot to stray.
When I look behind,
8 a% A' q8 @  U8 g* W. C/ h5 das I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
# S! p' D$ t& s, V) A+ `to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
7 ]0 }1 I8 c0 Z. {! J! I/ b& vover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
' D# N3 y0 K  X* lOh, I have made myself a tribe
2 s+ z  K) j# b& H5 s, V7 Aout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
. U4 {+ A7 _4 w  B2 Q4 |8 F2 O2 ithe manic dust of my friends,
1 U  B9 ]6 z2 O0 `those who fell along the way,
# k  t0 N. z# I0 C  C' H( I8 i" bbitterly stings my face.
) G6 b# Y" d- V/ ~Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
! k: ?8 `1 @$ \6 X1 i% Rwith my will intact to go
6 {  J4 V( z  [+ Q3 l: O/ Vwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
; A9 n5 ?% o5 A$ o& U2 T! m4 FIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
' k& \9 N# T$ e7 G9 h) adirected me:
"Live in the layers,
/ z; v  B% J* s! n; Jnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
3 L* `7 v( p: N1 m7 \9 J' Fto decipher it,
% \3 I. i$ j! j" v, ^no doubt the next chapter
# E* a/ h! {( L% ^1 Zin my book of transformations
* k" V2 x. N& }is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
# t, p  \$ E! x; q—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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

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
4 d( m# ^% V' S1 |# X7 _' T谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

' j, K5 K" C  @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