【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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    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
3 ~% }/ f$ i: o9 X0 L" Eand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
) I; F3 L1 W# M! Lout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
3 {2 v, g: {- `$ B* K. @  B) awith my will intact to go
. `, R/ m( r" e$ k% xwherever I need to go,
9 k* ?4 X& [: _2 ], }6 tand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
7 \' ?/ M/ ?/ i* G5 kPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
7 ?* k. N/ ^0 x2 G: ?  m1 mand I roamed through websites,
6 v% A8 z0 |9 u! u6 R: [. r" V4 xa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
4 I. F2 S& }5 ]not on the litter.
5 }+ F0 E& `* @/ z7 ]$ t8 vThough I lack the art
) C4 ?- {) M* u9 ?( rto decipher it,
" K) b5 k* u4 }6 b6 Sno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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4 L0 K! j. k  R  c/ QI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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9 l$ B3 M9 X8 G7 v+ Z. I5 D原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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/ Q1 r4 m0 _1 g0 `8 enot to stray.
: p3 `; k* \; \) S+ ~) i; J6 fWhen I look behind,
$ p3 |( j7 p0 H+ ?$ Tas I am compelled to look
7 w6 I" o4 J- X) k: N# C5 {before I can gather strength
# R) D7 m8 a; @8 dto proceed on my journey,
' T) t3 `( p$ k) ~) s+ `" wI see the milestones dwindling
! \6 u! O2 @; A: [! w5 qtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
! o+ k3 t+ m1 @; {2 X: W2 G  B  n' ^over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
0 S' }9 o! y( mout of my true affections,
* q" }5 Y7 @  j: V5 Uand my tribe is scattered!
+ s& l6 o( O8 q7 u) n' JHow shall the heart be reconciled
% p4 G: v9 Q1 V9 [& ~5 B; E5 K% Eto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
" A5 ?5 c+ l$ r" e: U8 s) `' Ubitterly stings my face.
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exulting somewhat,
0 U" `( H% a7 r6 P8 Y; q1 ?) \with my will intact to go
9 T- ~; B3 v; l% `8 E* nwhereever I need to go,
; n3 ^& A+ V$ q# q) dand every stone on the road
  h0 ?/ }- y2 rprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
1 g3 y) M" h0 J, e2 c$ D+ Gwhen the moon was covered
- k$ ?6 a: l6 v  ?  E$ [, dand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
2 H6 V4 `$ b6 b6 y3 h, d"Live in the layers,
7 H1 Q  \/ A0 D; S1 Hnot on the litter."
2 ~  ]. u& M, q) D: N, w8 ~4 JThough I lack the art
3 \( d& p7 E( w  h/ Jto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
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. }+ f! e$ x# K) e$ R5 p' ^' [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
6 H- }5 a6 T* Q4 ~" x# \! k% @& {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