【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。
% g- E) I& j$ M2 V4 W0 ?' y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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I have walked through many websites,
# g% Z- M) z3 _) Tsome of them I like,
9 i+ x' O1 |0 \9 ^8 }6 jand some of them I do not like.
0 B0 C1 }+ f/ l" ]) {3 F) c: y  JOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
% D% _9 U9 k3 WI go, I go
4 T/ d" S1 a. Bexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
! l* o  Q3 _( ewhen the moon was covered
! g  ]5 v8 O8 y7 z( M8 O+ oand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
5 M+ d  ]9 C& L: \9 }& C* [Live in the layers
not on the litter.
7 {  e! z! }) L# g% p  dThough I lack the art
9 b- u# q" E- P  r/ u$ ~to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
0 }! S1 {! M$ s) y% w; x0 @  Tis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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The Layers

/ E& S$ m9 _2 e( r$ `% i. y" Q, {I have walked through many lives,
$ f  u1 f) J; f. b  \0 wsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
8 E7 n* G- o5 K$ |! Z( W+ `5 h* Bthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
/ v2 V& _- g- k3 x+ e0 O$ Bnot to stray.
! D4 W2 E  H9 X0 O, bWhen I look behind,
) e; s& d! i2 Z. }- p3 i: [as I am compelled to look
6 B* K& j; s! T6 c) z. j5 `* tbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
: {: r' O$ t$ q. _8 Wtoward the horizon
* w- t' t" l' z) d) [and the slow fires trailing
0 ~( n# |8 x: H8 \- G0 Q% lfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
5 p# Y  R* ?4 [over which scavenger angels
! \  J  T& J9 u0 Uwheel on heavy wings.
4 `# Z4 {1 w1 N2 {( @. POh, I have made myself a tribe
' c# m5 @* m4 P, gout of my true affections,
( E  k& m/ M8 q; band my tribe is scattered!
9 O( K$ y# W9 L$ N# b. G* @8 g, ^How shall the heart be reconciled
' _0 J6 L! J4 j# h: @to its feast of losses?
+ p. S* [  y2 D: P1 F% _In a rising wind
7 v* q, i5 x6 U1 L: `" z& [/ d4 vthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
9 U9 M& ~$ K% X; ]3 H% h/ L7 S- |bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
7 G5 D4 w- O' I% A% {exulting somewhat,
6 j/ \' |4 D, h1 G/ x: @3 Ywith my will intact to go
5 w9 U+ H# U3 _: swhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
( o* x3 ?  ?; ]& ^  |, a+ _precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
) Q# R8 s$ x6 E1 u( ^not on the litter."
0 ^8 {$ U- j% \  `9 h# cThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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

/ H& [) H- [: T6 p' I. b6 B& a2 f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