【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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  C4 |% K! ~4 n' k: L- _I have walked through many websites,
$ ?" S& d- a* m+ P, y- m! ~$ ~some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
0 g% ^$ o" |2 Mout of his true affections.
1 s- ^; n+ v) w) P1 n) A# F  fI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
8 ^9 `: Y  j# ~with my will intact to go
  B# V" `9 L7 C- C0 {wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
8 R1 c( a# O+ ?* l) a- aIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
1 w5 t& b) O* _8 `+ A  N( n# z. |and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
  e. z& M3 s0 K8 ]( ~1 C$ Wdirected me:
9 f, K* W3 H# Y9 v* J1 rLive in the layers
& W, \, v! W) S! ^not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
7 N) o% i( Z) H" u! t- `is already written.
8 i  q5 i% w  A! X" XI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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7 h: x* B% w: q4 ^# K8 C0 o) |- NThe Layers
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7 g! v: M( X3 y+ _! _I have walked through many lives,
& ?9 ~0 d0 I# esome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
6 a5 t) {4 y4 {) B% ethough some principle of being
; M- g" ]3 w2 j4 J5 }5 Uabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
2 z; Y7 Q4 }9 J2 g+ L0 ?) Jbefore I can gather strength
$ I4 J; u4 V# W5 T" Q0 `: f, Rto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
  R( F* M: j7 ttoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
1 {/ u$ Q+ F) c% ]7 {5 lfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
& s9 }: p, d. G& [1 F! u- pover which scavenger angels
4 z2 Y# z8 y3 Qwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
2 f3 q5 Y# {  \. K+ X# z2 Wout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
1 Y8 Q, y) U+ g" {How shall the heart be reconciled
5 y4 j0 b2 @& j, Z8 Mto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
. V8 }9 _# W2 F/ M! J/ k* ]the manic dust of my friends,
( e$ t9 N  g$ X; O1 y1 M9 V1 `those who fell along the way,
. p5 z5 |9 v. c; {& m7 j# x$ I) rbitterly stings my face.
$ s$ ~5 S7 \% H5 D# L" \- t. NYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
  r: I. P. q' A* a$ w7 Kwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
6 ]! |( f( t- O7 ]  \when the moon was covered
+ @" {5 D5 T# e5 |! Z' d$ `. Kand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
/ z/ S( \+ @0 Q: z0 W3 mdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
* F+ V' b3 Q$ X$ M  C) |Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
/ D2 q5 W7 j& m; |0 cI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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/ d/ P( \" y, s+ 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
) N9 ~' w4 }6 Y6 o你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

: Z) r1 B1 Y, E# x1 i8 m2 j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
  \; ?" z: U2 z- q1 ?谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

3 R( `; s0 u5 X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