【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。
4 ^; o) H# ]( O0 B  Y3 W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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1 a1 \& ~; }! `9 N2 _$ qI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! F. v& E) p9 dout of his true affections.
/ d+ e2 \; o: P" F1 _' AI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
1 r: k' E6 ^: U- Cwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
- n, \$ f8 C, Y: dwhen the moon was covered
9 A8 R/ Z0 w) |" J9 `9 O" B4 sand I roamed through websites,
5 S# Q, Z7 F5 O$ X5 `+ Fa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
% A" z% k% W6 Idirected me:
7 d& D& _9 w- P1 Z; iLive in the layers
+ C! R7 w$ |" Q8 y- fnot on the litter.
& h# Y# Z# ~; s9 uThough I lack the art
  h% i- d4 w5 a* A5 u- ]to decipher it,
+ E, P- c8 d9 P% x. r  L6 M+ E9 gno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
  j% N- G1 b; X8 gsome of them my own,
- S3 }/ X  K$ T' u+ Q: O% uand I am not who I was,
* Q; t6 j" b; G* E, N: Gthough some principle of being
  b. ?: \  Z, q6 i" l6 Tabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
* y7 X. h) r% X7 d0 i- [: p7 TWhen I look behind,
2 C- Y1 r+ ^! qas I am compelled to look
2 N. B  h/ k1 I* Ibefore I can gather strength
0 E/ x! J$ U3 C; C( C4 }; Xto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
- B: A1 Q- y  X0 }; R! D3 q/ [) ~from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
& ?$ r" K, l# |/ D$ Y; yout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
, m6 \+ h# {. y, u' P7 B( EHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
, R& \. U2 D2 s% H2 D# W, G9 Zthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
9 F) }6 C( ~3 w8 q2 b: ?. [and every stone on the road
! l9 c& |' k" S6 v5 h0 rprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
/ C# ?$ `: `6 c) z8 N$ E+ C: p* gand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
& W. K5 J. \3 B( |. X& ~not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
' ], ~: m, [  c- O2 W/ d/ V/ Nto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
$ {  Q+ Y! O+ z+ {5 P* pis already written.
3 d' Z! ?  s/ w+ d( UI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

+ {4 \$ n5 A, `6 x6 r4 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
3 z5 g* R7 L  g; K4 m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
. |  K+ Z1 r, B- g6 e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