【五周年征文】The layer

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【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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; _" C/ ~! m4 Z8 m4 A7 a    The layers

1 G( v- Q$ T5 N% e* SI have walked through many websites,
, t; P" [9 r$ W. Y; N: ]% Z0 _! `some of them I like,
. A! q+ m2 z4 Uand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
$ p. g$ K/ c# k6 d1 F# RI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
$ d" J5 r9 O; f" W6 i& X% zwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
  ]% h* x/ Y$ T8 BPrecious to me.
5 a7 j8 Q/ ]- R4 {! t# t$ qIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
  J  i% G  N) B3 l6 f0 l5 H3 X* YThough I lack the art
( y) f' E4 L; {7 y7 N* G1 ?to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
; z! K3 y( P9 D$ a: g$ _, L: hand I am not who I was,
$ Y; k& w' i4 B3 @) _though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
6 I7 K% \/ T1 o9 O9 _not to stray.
When I look behind,
& F) r% D) Y+ X' }' Q* [as I am compelled to look
7 N. b& a5 {: E6 f: C6 L$ M$ `before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
5 R7 R) f7 p+ W6 Q% eand the slow fires trailing
1 y$ _9 _# h. g! r, u) {from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
2 s( x9 S/ X, I' Z5 R' @wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
9 y5 @# r- O" _3 o! e$ l' Z  _out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
6 P: ^. v6 u) D) x7 k1 F  |- oHow shall the heart be reconciled
+ G; v8 M' m" o  kto its feast of losses?
% E, X- A7 ?" i% E5 V: v* H* H7 y+ K* lIn a rising wind
- l% g( u9 }* s, Z0 F) U; T5 ]the manic dust of my friends,
  D3 v. |2 y1 J6 E3 othose who fell along the way,
  S8 l( X; J' s2 ^bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
1 q9 O# A' ?# W7 h( |) iwhereever I need to go,
! Q$ Y* L3 c' `3 F6 H4 @and every stone on the road
4 p: ]  J& H9 ]  e  g/ p8 M* \' l3 ~precious to me.
- N8 ^# ~* z. C' ^& x0 UIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
% H; W* L% q, Y- Land I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
( x7 \% B0 T- H8 ]: idirected me:
) x; V) N- i) E  P& n"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
  f4 l( F3 D: QThough I lack the art
/ H5 p- F- y. ]to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
8 s* L) z, l9 l+ Bin my book of transformations
) M; f3 r' X/ X# T- g: Z2 Kis 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
5 C( i# p* F/ B* @% i6 J/ A  D4 y你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

! N0 E+ D) ?( [5 M/ P( E& F- |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