【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。
7 N0 J0 n8 T0 k0 p; c0 T3 o; X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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2 n7 b$ V5 g4 |    The layers

/ E# T' J4 Z( RI 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
' n. {5 u" B& O3 I& T  {: Vout of his true affections.
/ R. e/ j4 ^( f4 fI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
+ e+ A: Y+ Y: ^" J* |) E. D' u- hwith my will intact to go
' G" _" Z9 g; \- E2 ]) L0 Wwherever I need to go,
% X5 Z4 R# s$ n2 b! Z5 Land every post on the Edmontonchina Community
% c: O& k2 F! l) G$ `- q' Z' KPrecious to me.
1 n. ]" E( u& q) z6 LIn my darkest night,
$ j/ }% `$ S  {' L8 V6 h2 t) Iwhen the moon was covered
8 [. h, _1 I6 {% band I roamed through websites,
7 v9 \: @, q4 T% r0 U' ra nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
9 B/ {# g4 u7 Udirected me:
4 Q3 ?$ Z( b! k; ~3 M& p+ HLive in the layers
6 t* m  g' b5 z8 U  S! X3 \not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
: @. l0 J) H2 pin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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) E0 w3 }2 b* F$ j7 _' HI have walked through many lives,
9 z' v( t- T6 P" xsome of them my own,
- \; x7 t5 m$ e; O- \7 V7 Q$ fand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
5 t! i& j" G/ ~. ~8 ?. l/ G. Oabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
. ^6 _' @1 K, xbefore I can gather strength
! D7 b- y& r* e' N! S- T' y5 `. jto proceed on my journey,
3 O5 ]1 k# K0 |, u  tI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
: U$ E  ]7 A3 E9 p% L* Hand the slow fires trailing
* {* d: g& r, ?2 S) Q7 kfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
* W2 b( o' {* ?- x  tover which scavenger angels
# U: Y  Y7 m: fwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
6 _' k7 r6 p- a" x0 r( y; Tand my tribe is scattered!
- p6 Z/ @% U( Y0 S) \& A/ @How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
/ L5 N, C% R+ D4 J" ~the manic dust of my friends,
- Z! ?; Z5 W! Gthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
! a! o3 B8 d& [with my will intact to go
# }) Z. g: m9 v2 r+ P5 J- U- _& h" bwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
6 Y4 w6 H0 x' j5 @2 d* H/ ^1 ]% `when the moon was covered
7 M: }0 H8 {; B2 i8 Z2 land I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
# z- ~+ _- W# t' ?& ]( Vdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
' v4 ^  {/ [9 }in my book of transformations
3 }3 F% h+ q/ ]* K4 F# _is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
- O( t4 Z" e, \: Y( z* [—Stanley Kunitz
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) `9 L, E: ~$ R! G# u2 x% L[ 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

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
* E4 f' ~* K0 s6 U7 M) B0 v, L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