【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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$ a, X, p0 \& w5 i" \    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
( [6 a( M/ K6 F3 K; N- vsome of them I like,
7 u& P$ J9 k4 L% J' }7 X5 w( Kand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! U* x) K' b3 g8 Q9 g  i/ Gout of his true affections.
- X' m# _* T# ^. g4 vI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
% m- E  |6 z5 _' m  Y& S$ Q! bwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
- I( R+ l. }1 j4 {, r8 R; qIn my darkest night,
; u! u! ~' Y1 {8 l. ~when the moon was covered
; j3 f& t5 g! ~/ K: D: g# L1 ^; wand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
1 D& R6 C' o& r& W, f6 JLive in the layers
not on the litter.
- t3 O; G- i6 y, d$ a/ rThough I lack the art
2 e2 {6 ]/ G7 o% ?/ c$ mto decipher it,
- i+ P5 T0 r" N0 S9 `9 E- H6 Mno doubt the next chaper
! S/ V. O" Q& f2 q& E3 Win my book of transformations
is already written.
& C' a" w% C/ h+ j7 jI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

1 ^0 l# N* h7 M5 ~4 u- bThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
4 m1 T' N$ h1 m* vsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
& W0 t; B. t- X: _2 u+ vabides, from which I struggle
: u2 s. C) K) o! d+ o& s5 Q/ E: onot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
! ~1 l2 D* R" ~before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
/ r( S6 h% Y% L% ^3 @. CI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
" O& U: q6 }! hwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
6 X9 t; \, I3 }out of my true affections,
% S' R, k- ]) @9 s0 ?9 j5 d9 Dand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
6 F& {) q) s; A$ \the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
* O- q8 m( O2 H1 F7 e  lbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
2 m" v- }0 \: D. @. {! Mwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
: x9 C0 ~+ H2 B- e5 F; vIn my darkest night,
0 r- M# Q8 \  X2 F5 f6 I% ?. X: hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
( c( w+ ?/ R( u+ r- ^  A# Va nimbus-clouded voice
1 F' ?4 U# s: [# x+ \- Mdirected me:
8 {& `- I, r% S5 b% V9 b"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
2 A' d9 ]; z) |Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
' Z2 h5 T2 Q/ m+ yno doubt the next chapter
  b: |0 i. \, f8 i4 Cin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

# J+ d  g7 S5 c& Y1 P3 v; @( ][ 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
0 w  c4 x; Q5 X6 ]1 m; [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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# u7 O# v/ Y; g# `7 j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
$ q; _+ I. S$ p5 g$ e; o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