【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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8 V8 r1 X$ K: b8 h. G0 m4 C    The layers

# F; F- Y( w- M* R! h4 a1 y% h$ }I have walked through many websites,
& f6 E2 e: H- isome of them I like,
' W8 q5 n2 n! L6 b* b9 S2 y" oand some of them I do not like.
1 h3 Y0 {9 [1 c1 `; J6 E" _: WOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
( K7 F, X7 c9 Fout of his true affections.
8 Z. A+ ~7 }' q2 F, F7 m' @I go, I go
7 `  F7 j4 s  X1 I6 D, z7 t. O/ Texulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
( D) ?4 S% p1 R' R' H4 D$ kIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
) Z2 l  X7 ?, H7 h0 }) g/ C8 iand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
4 L/ S# s. {6 b. I) knot on the litter.
' D9 m& W9 I* x- Q7 q0 VThough I lack the art
. K* y% m& b+ j% [+ ]! lto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
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is already written.
# m' N% m: w: J4 I* z1 Y1 s# _+ lI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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) P; R) n8 N- L* a  mThe Layers
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% K* F* s+ M% S' |+ ?, R9 o$ KI have walked through many lives,
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, ]3 i+ S4 A2 o2 o/ |+ A! R3 Dand I am not who I was,
- j2 _. d9 p/ u+ y- Dthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
& X( w+ e& L- i* J+ N+ rnot to stray.
9 |+ g& E1 m. ?" X( ~When I look behind,
) [6 @( a5 d) v6 f8 `, b# Das I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
6 w" C; p. T8 ^2 ?5 ?I see the milestones dwindling
# t0 W: [) x  V3 {6 ^" dtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
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over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
" M' U4 X$ l: a6 t$ Wout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
/ p' g8 I% {) k+ ?How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
1 m; }3 M; p1 G8 E6 J7 w7 ^In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
  C  V% a$ M' l/ l4 s% m1 n* E* hthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
4 _  K% [( F8 o* |0 xwith my will intact to go
% b/ ?  w; e0 {6 C7 q0 twhereever I need to go,
8 J% `9 }7 |& B; Land every stone on the road
1 S7 J! M# I3 r3 h8 D) pprecious to me.
  B* Z1 r% `% N' I- O/ m/ j7 OIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
6 }% ]3 j$ q  c9 N"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
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no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is 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
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
- m3 {; X* z: v- `谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

4 l, N! ]2 V; _, c: |8 t' `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