【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

I have walked through many websites,
8 u* h. J/ Y* O4 wsome of them I like,
& L7 ]! u, I: {1 {2 g+ Jand some of them I do not like.
* O- B5 J3 p' i! }Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
0 g  V+ D: |: {' A' U) nout of his true affections.
* D  Y2 Z2 H% L0 B: WI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
' }$ }/ a0 y6 t; W) I3 Vand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
0 g6 `; c0 F# @% l) q$ ~; U( hPrecious to me.
9 _6 E1 C2 e. h# Z& o9 RIn my darkest night,
  T0 w% D* _$ n  pwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
& X8 h1 ^5 t9 n; Y2 u* m& nnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
, |; S/ ^2 S$ T" A! z5 }; J. Yno doubt the next chaper
4 B* A1 S% V4 Q# ]" {" }in my book of transformations
# v% Z2 Q! A# C; z8 tis already written.
! c# w  c3 G8 v* ?: PI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers

$ d  @! {4 ~$ @1 r% {* c2 s+ bI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
! Q) S0 z. q/ x- h! {though some principle of being
9 R, l, I6 R3 |abides, from which I struggle
" }, t1 D7 O' v+ y$ @not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
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" s- b2 p1 X+ c) v( u8 u5 c1 aover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
! p$ N; T' k  ~3 x* vOh, I have made myself a tribe
7 V" ?& a" N) Zout of my true affections,
$ h0 H0 K& I# Y% a% X* F. R  Mand 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,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
6 J4 C9 e6 r$ A* o' Jexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
/ O+ c4 T/ P4 x$ x2 _whereever I need to go,
0 o+ [+ P9 ?3 t( `# v6 [and every stone on the road
7 I) n0 }1 J8 yprecious to me.
& W# o+ m. I6 k( c. f5 j  Z, vIn my darkest night,
$ _  H% d' e1 D+ jwhen the moon was covered
. a/ n1 j. k: M& land I roamed through wreckage,
( `. Z' T# _& Y! t9 Ta nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
2 u! C. F0 I6 p) T/ f4 ["Live in the layers,
. C2 M) U/ Z, m# enot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
- }2 g, w) @2 J; n1 O$ D  U2 Eto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
$ B6 a6 ^0 k& z2 `$ w. M7 }! ?' H0 }—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
2 @, ^7 ]7 b! x/ a谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

3 g4 M- I4 y; l* I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