【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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    The layers

: k/ P+ t# e% S" r0 D; D& @I 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
7 X- c  z2 X4 F' rout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
$ m% g( T) J& D* D4 U1 ]) W6 Ewith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
2 l" Q. x" P' q, iand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
" U4 s$ d; P. u& x8 ~Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
: M5 I' T1 D+ V: U7 Ma nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
" X* @( `  b2 Y& r3 c$ ddirected me:
Live in the layers
! ~$ B$ y/ t& P( o3 [, T  o' I! Fnot on the litter.
# D5 {% D. i' p5 h! xThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
6 f; I, G! o- k) \6 n8 _, fno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
' X* z9 q, U% @7 qis already written.
, h1 \; r- Q. B6 K9 |2 OI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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3 q- |" u8 {8 J! g9 V+ k" S原文在此：

The Layers
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* [; ^( T) R0 B+ C2 a) V5 |* kI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
! O+ b- I  w5 e0 ^3 o6 P+ T4 Bas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
- g# _5 f  Y* n& O" J( l+ ^2 fI see the milestones dwindling
7 v' W6 r  y# b5 ]; A( v, p4 Xtoward the horizon
  ]( h" G+ T( Tand the slow fires trailing
6 _) Y4 E9 d6 o2 R5 P  E& hfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
9 B7 |; ]4 P+ }* X% ~over which scavenger angels
2 Y0 e3 n' u$ W8 G+ w1 ?1 |; ?wheel on heavy wings.
8 G3 c1 ^2 P0 X* h  }Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
2 L( M1 C- B- _7 M. @/ ^1 ]How shall the heart be reconciled
& P$ T' w) W6 ]$ G4 Y: ]$ {to its feast of losses?
" P' A% j  m' I( w( BIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
) m2 l* ~" C- Qthose who fell along the way,
! I5 f% c8 v3 P& e. K$ {+ m1 b" \bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
/ Y/ ^& v0 Q7 iprecious to me.
( s' Y7 ]' O4 L& t+ K4 WIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
* D& O$ b$ r) D* v6 Band I roamed through wreckage,
- ]' C3 G  `5 [a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
; E6 W# O6 L2 v2 \not on the litter."
# v$ ?5 u: o' dThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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
, ^( Y7 h$ {; z* ^/ [- Q2 v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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9 h5 J* J9 g# g, f/ z2 D9 ]+ ]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

; o; r5 u4 q, P; ?/ j0 f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