【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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3 ~4 T* E8 j. e    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
0 d; `( p% a" l; _' J6 Rsome of them I like,
/ t. a# \+ F% y8 l: {1 p2 y1 u0 kand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
  m3 N6 r) L+ f" q% V0 Xwith my will intact to go
* P# t' K! j' x5 l# Wwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
- y' E% L+ f5 {" @directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
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is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

2 d% K5 H7 D. n8 ]  e  {) a# xThe Layers

7 M0 E0 L  @7 _2 A4 [I have walked through many lives,
, W% T: @. S4 i& B7 osome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
) J( r+ B8 G2 @' Z( L+ Sthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
- V. ]0 ^9 M1 \4 b9 v5 QI see the milestones dwindling
) x. e8 S% v/ H  Rtoward the horizon
- e' o7 k% F7 g0 Qand the slow fires trailing
9 _6 R  Q# y( Z: E4 mfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
, w/ r" ?" j6 zover which scavenger angels
/ j% ?$ \+ j/ d1 Rwheel on heavy wings.
7 h- f, n9 b! @Oh, I have made myself a tribe
; m2 @2 d* `* s- c4 }out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
  e2 ~: @0 f+ G! Y* r+ NIn a rising wind
  P7 e) c1 f: ]6 S1 wthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
2 R! c# c" D2 M, E0 t# `3 RYet I turn, I turn,
. v  ^  n4 ]4 ^( J% b  N* P) iexulting somewhat,
( v2 V8 p+ Z: y9 Ywith my will intact to go
, E0 k2 L8 {7 H' Uwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
) J+ ]6 A7 U* Q2 o0 U% d0 b' iprecious to me.
( e4 \2 \- \3 }) F$ bIn my darkest night,
2 y8 m1 L0 {+ ~when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
% F- I7 y. }6 W  n% o7 V; G/ p3 za nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
2 m/ Y( K  g4 k8 p3 L& t* f- [Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
, o1 ~$ r) B1 E6 `1 o) cno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
2 t) T" N: @& B: X) u0 Pis already written.
- ?1 h. Q0 @8 L5 II 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
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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1 ]# D# ?- P: K- I7 N- e4 C& m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