【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。
5 d9 L/ u  A6 p* h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,
/ a% w4 \) H( k/ T% nsome of them I like,
$ ~6 c5 c) z1 |" S, [and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
# N' i7 G- o4 h2 g0 U) G/ ]3 hI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
; t  N8 e% Y6 N  hIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
% Z! E, h3 f6 B  O, p: w. Land I roamed through websites,
# X* n+ G% O- D" Ta nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
5 _5 H+ i0 {/ X% XLive in the layers
0 Y$ M4 _3 a* O9 u* unot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
1 k- j! e) V6 b/ s/ K4 yI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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( Z; |( G$ ~' K, J原文在此：

The Layers
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# D9 l3 y+ j* n; ]I have walked through many lives,
# h) N  Y9 M  ssome of them my own,
1 l# [% J- R. N# ?$ `! ^, Eand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
* e  E3 M! h% K( b' x, {When I look behind,
; O! X) `  U/ {) ^& ]  t4 \5 jas I am compelled to look
% ~: P" h9 H6 xbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
- C4 l4 Q8 m, C4 EI see the milestones dwindling
6 ^$ K  ]) S, C* E, |2 t) @7 @toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
; E5 t# k, E: E  _) L/ n* S/ [wheel on heavy wings.
5 T: n0 r; q) P0 E4 |: }# HOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
1 h8 |2 n5 b* y6 S; i  S* land my tribe is scattered!
7 i. ]9 q6 b& |* tHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
. \& c" F! ?% }* `% kIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
% H& w0 f; v" X0 Wbitterly stings my face.
+ `% \. ?2 {; P( x: E: s; fYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
8 W, Y/ k( D) I' e, b. Wwith my will intact to go
0 Z' `; c+ ?* L) I& vwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
+ q9 r* i4 w0 {5 h: W% wprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
9 Q, |, u% Z9 e- ?: P% j0 ~/ ka nimbus-clouded voice
! F% E3 y5 K% v2 H- v- r+ ^- ~directed me:
, z0 W5 ~* N, [; |) j7 O( k/ x"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
8 r5 D: v0 c. r- `+ ?Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
4 S" E- H3 }  O& vno doubt the next chapter
, I% m3 X: x' T: t3 Y6 U' nin my book of transformations
) [4 u7 C4 s* |) Ris already written.
I am not done with my changes.
  v# d( E! [$ F* b) N—Stanley Kunitz

) E) ?+ \& U5 }( F[ 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
$ E7 k: `2 A* p# l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