【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



    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
: I4 o; R# T6 M( Xand some of them I do not like.
$ X- D: ~5 i: Z% {Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
1 L, K9 P8 @$ c( d5 n; u" eI go, I go
' D- D1 n" `* M/ x, ?exulting somewhat,
  c/ x6 n1 ]4 B! K4 jwith my will intact to go
5 C3 d; {: g9 e. e) Iwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
0 q: ?+ y2 Q  Gwhen the moon was covered
  A6 D+ y1 d, N5 o) U' W  j7 `and I roamed through websites,
. N  y1 r4 p' p& h+ C5 Ha nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
: J' V& ?4 R8 X- {+ Bdirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
5 o' Y( B9 r0 Y8 z' ^5 bto decipher it,
% f7 b) |; n/ p  H, d- l/ M) Qno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
; N8 D. ?# ^; D6 mis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

2 {+ G7 C) C1 X5 @( i' a原文在此：

/ J7 a5 O0 p4 r, ?7 _The Layers

' j+ x1 N1 G' d! ~, c- rI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
* R: ~  e, k1 P" Z) j5 G* Q' t# Sthough some principle of being
, g; {0 o, R: w$ yabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
6 X0 k" Y4 ?# A! I/ F0 M" o# LWhen I look behind,
) ~9 [+ f: c& o4 mas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
0 @! t4 K1 C+ f$ \to proceed on my journey,
" D) Y3 X) t" q  C# X7 VI see the milestones dwindling
/ V/ B& m5 t; x( C( l- ?& stoward the horizon
- [- Z5 c' g5 \, z% l# d5 Dand the slow fires trailing
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,
' Z" H1 E: H3 t1 J* r' p$ \, Q! g# Xand my tribe is scattered!
( r' K1 I6 V8 [# Z" S& mHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
5 f; y. r% g: h# r# V, [9 y" |2 ^, E0 iIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
/ {* b4 a3 D8 R, }! f$ R; Jthose who fell along the way,
& o9 B- x4 Z/ S. Z+ Sbitterly stings my face.
6 }4 e3 n/ o3 mYet I turn, I turn,
- C$ M  k; N( V1 `exulting somewhat,
, \0 M  e! q3 K, I( Bwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
0 A# J6 u( W1 U# T0 FIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
- ?) _1 D+ P  v  p  ?and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
1 F1 N) X/ F9 F/ s/ o" Vdirected me:
0 Z+ q! _; o" q"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
% _! r. o& _+ ~Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
/ a) C4 e, ~' o: q8 d2 rin my book of transformations
is already written.
* R1 U, f: X( ?9 nI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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* |+ V: O1 J4 o9 A& y[ 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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

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