【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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    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
, [4 `2 {) i2 u2 ysome of them I like,
3 |" n: {2 x# tand some of them I do not like.
, U- X0 V) Y: r1 |0 g2 O. R0 S8 EOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
, R. d7 T+ c/ c8 s+ x6 ]out of his true affections.
7 K: e) M3 C2 d% t% ^/ yI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
9 V) f0 f0 U, s6 h0 ]: E5 C$ k( d6 ~" lPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
; P9 G) m- V+ u& ^a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
/ d$ v' F$ |$ Xdirected me:
Live in the layers
- |: g3 u* m7 D2 @8 Snot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
8 F' r9 L  c% Y4 J: p5 E0 {' \to decipher it,
, N; P+ ]  q7 b% C. h! hno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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9 _5 l9 L+ F% D) P  ^6 C" k+ H原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
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and I am not who I was,
5 A1 T  r: m( _$ `8 zthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
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" `# z. H% v/ K& F4 W( KWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
7 V! Q, \% Y, N* o: l; M8 D3 Ebefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
& r, i+ T. n' P! S3 h! N) rI see the milestones dwindling
4 J; ]5 B4 M2 @( A# Btoward the horizon
$ D& }5 a  r! @and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
5 G+ E6 j- C5 }7 bwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
* x9 b6 s2 Q  ^' aHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
; X2 O5 Z5 H3 s$ [8 R, rthe manic dust of my friends,
) [: I, u8 R1 ?those who fell along the way,
+ ^/ F2 }9 s& I6 f. q; G2 H3 Kbitterly stings my face.
1 O; Y+ b" |/ w: o* l6 HYet I turn, I turn,
7 R% b4 P. t: q- W2 |$ jexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
9 j4 K4 [+ w( h3 e+ F% Nwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
0 x( @0 ]7 `" u  X4 Lprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
/ [* E0 B8 V- t  W) O; R6 [# ga nimbus-clouded voice
0 B$ g/ B( R) u& f5 a7 D) |$ w% jdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
) L% l7 o$ \. f9 k4 anot on the litter."
Though 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
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[ 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
( G$ I5 Z/ s" ?7 S你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

/ ^+ S7 e7 c& Z4 ], _% b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