【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。
, j+ T2 o4 x2 Z) R/ I' P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 K0 w) J# e" P* F    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
7 q) Y+ \3 v5 l/ jsome of them I like,
4 n% t# \4 I$ Qand some of them I do not like.
! w# [% M* e$ r  P( L$ JOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
. [; |) ?, g4 Z% Nout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
$ Y) M/ \5 u% r8 J; H6 C* C9 Fwherever I need to go,
& |5 g, @. e; I. L$ R% V0 o* x" K1 Pand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
9 k& C% ~0 `  f6 H5 E  {& Rwhen the moon was covered
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a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
  }+ _$ H6 |5 T: M4 dno doubt the next chaper
4 D6 t+ j8 ]4 S) `in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
2 L$ }9 ^0 H7 nsome of them my own,
( b+ l7 x, C& S( p3 Uand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
+ B6 r: ~7 |1 X1 ~: e0 u) {When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
/ [( `2 u+ _2 t; }toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
, _4 H& g) \) f  Y1 K# i; C, rover which scavenger angels
2 M% z, R% r$ C1 [wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
) W; m) \3 [( ]1 c; N4 oout of my true affections,
* B$ ?: {. j6 jand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
! y+ a4 L' p4 K- d: Rto its feast of losses?
; A) ^: X% h1 @  jIn a rising wind
$ W) K: a5 z( @, w2 Xthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
7 ~+ g! F2 T( K' wwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
6 z% s% h% Z! Iprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
9 J6 A) y8 D0 _6 b9 Z8 t0 u; Nand I roamed through wreckage,
+ W% l" F3 }, M4 b* ga nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
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Though I lack the art
3 Y/ G4 n6 v# W' p) m$ lto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
2 v0 q7 E# @. I0 His already written.
8 q6 @& t0 \- M5 d4 C& WI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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. d, C9 Y; _3 Z[ 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
( `. t! p* w! J; M( N2 y6 q0 E# q4 D# \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
& e/ E+ L$ z; q/ @( b! @' q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