【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。
+ h/ M' X) A9 C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,
( g1 Z0 j6 T4 s. S+ F% H" zsome of them I like,
) J/ R* C6 P2 _6 {and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
1 T$ F- U2 ?) n, M- Bout of his true affections.
2 e# [, G+ }# B) N( VI go, I go
( E" b8 _" Z  E+ b& d# n& B! L. ^exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
, V+ o  g8 _2 A3 u2 Z7 S  zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
4 M0 s# ^! u8 ^/ c- F) DIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
& T/ }5 I: {4 s; ?: {, fand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
3 h) T, l' O' \3 Y2 y) jThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
# |$ U) v+ k" b6 `no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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5 j" Q0 {  b  E# _' }: rThe Layers
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5 }: U2 F: X% a# }1 ?! R/ s; [I have walked through many lives,
5 W/ B6 R2 V3 h+ j' y- Vsome of them my own,
: f: z" p; X+ ]3 ^" {7 s) Nand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
( _" Z+ T' ~+ Tas I am compelled to look
9 _8 H$ r$ m+ D/ U2 _before I can gather strength
$ E6 q  J+ ]/ `; n5 d8 kto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
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and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
! D; _0 Q6 M/ ^& `% Xover which scavenger angels
4 C& i6 ^' q( o5 Ywheel on heavy wings.
6 _6 z/ J( b3 B* ?Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
1 M6 H7 y& }0 L5 g) Aand my tribe is scattered!
1 l* W  T+ N5 i" q5 n. H& XHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
, ^# C1 b# h/ k. M3 t* {those who fell along the way,
) V) D4 P0 U7 x1 {% U/ Sbitterly stings my face.
3 |5 U/ D9 ?6 @; [3 AYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
$ I8 ]+ B: c0 L: ]& r8 \+ \) xand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
) J1 V- }$ w. k1 B9 Qa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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+ h/ d( V; o9 W0 d6 uno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
" v8 F. w* s+ i1 H: e% v. E- Tis 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
3 E- H& k- B: K" M' A" }/ L你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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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