【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,
6 b2 C$ m# j# @* R: m* rand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
, b/ f( p$ v3 h& _& xI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
0 X; n9 R! c4 r+ J7 r6 S# T% m% k% Ewith my will intact to go
$ d  U6 U$ T- u& j* gwherever I need to go,
/ G6 D: Q2 z+ N9 \8 X" D1 gand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
% Y+ D/ o0 Z' Q9 n7 m2 b9 [& }# |when the moon was covered
  `2 x/ v. q/ \! Oand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
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Live in the layers
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Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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/ [" `6 H* x3 k+ LI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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( q: t/ J# w: A' P  A3 ~% VThe Layers
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5 w* W4 W. g4 T! m6 }I have walked through many lives,
5 y: g. O* K, W3 Bsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
( R/ h3 {1 N  {- j7 zWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
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, C9 |' X3 ~; XI see the milestones dwindling
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  _6 K8 v9 J6 J; Z3 j. C3 iand the slow fires trailing
2 y# h1 X3 Z9 B! _# y3 Q$ g; `from the abandoned camp-sites,
7 |3 ^- p& z2 \$ P7 K5 \0 l) oover which scavenger angels
) J: |. j0 u+ L% dwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
7 R8 J) u2 e6 s3 \. D+ [" aout of my true affections,
$ j3 h8 {9 U$ Y4 s& n- w1 S" P) }* q0 pand my tribe is scattered!
. ?, [5 l7 U* _% a# ]  j1 l, VHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
" [! L2 L% }7 V' qIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
4 J  r/ u% _  R3 l! Hthose who fell along the way,
- q1 h( U5 L5 h  H/ B1 [bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
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whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
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1 s) d! G0 J( y& B% S; ha nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
" b  L4 K: S& pThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
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is already written.
" w6 G! j, @, @/ nI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

6 Z# g/ d7 e- ?! X& G[ 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 `+ A# _. n1 N) |. t8 M# b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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) y) g3 C  x' \2 Q. q3 [, h4 s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
9 V: f4 j* T& z' M" y( u1 S4 B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