【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。
( Q3 H/ G; C7 z6 }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,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
: ]1 x9 K7 J' g' K$ R8 |: T  Y, rout of his true affections.
I go, I go
/ {! {+ f' N1 ?9 w5 K) zexulting 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,
7 E7 S4 N0 q0 g2 t. n; _when the moon was covered
# o& ?5 m" a5 v/ p" Land I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
* [  A5 f) c7 T6 a5 Z' P2 Ndirected me:
2 A1 Y$ ?' X6 x' U( p- L1 OLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
! D0 u* N* f" }; B: M. E* QI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers
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4 D$ e3 ^6 N; m+ @/ C& [. s  Y  gI have walked through many lives,
' n# ^: m/ }( x" T; m' `6 _some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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1 V/ W) g  s1 d6 F0 F# mnot to stray.
6 s0 e$ p  \- z* YWhen I look behind,
- B0 b% r! C1 X8 b$ a- uas I am compelled to look
  I6 s! {$ O5 Pbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
, R: w" M9 _: @$ @9 W7 ?: {0 s* ^! {% e6 ~I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
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from the abandoned camp-sites,
8 o. |, `+ ]5 ^2 ]  [. lover which scavenger angels
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) `( w% O: T) N1 x0 F/ d5 s% F) zOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
& k+ w' t+ t8 u% Kand my tribe is scattered!
6 V/ L/ ]- \- W! ^/ N; X; b% `How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
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those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
% G- \& S( p% D, zYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
. v, Q4 c& c$ g( @  ^" `! Fwith my will intact to go
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and every stone on the road
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In my darkest night,
& I' b% \" ~, I: K' i  cwhen the moon was covered
; {- }  E8 c" Z& A8 Xand I roamed through wreckage,
6 L8 I& X; j5 L6 I3 aa nimbus-clouded voice
' V9 y7 J: A4 r7 k- bdirected me:
6 C$ X& V2 B8 O5 J+ ?. e+ t"Live in the layers,
; r5 X+ O8 s7 ^" }not on the litter."
+ n& e" i- C& f, t$ H! F) VThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
6 W5 r1 j6 W& I: a) zno doubt the next chapter
/ q% h6 a) G' I& M6 m. Win my book of transformations
is already written.
5 g7 j9 ^8 Q) ^' yI 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

) S4 s: ]5 m: z4 N6 T+ e2 R+ H. P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

5 t- b5 X+ i2 D7 m9 S- ]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