【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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: n7 |% `9 F  ?    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
3 T/ a7 G* v, D' V- _! E# A( dsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
0 h2 Q; g$ f) m9 eOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
# {9 O+ y3 s$ Z. _I go, I go
# v1 _6 F) C9 h$ wexulting somewhat,
; x5 q7 F7 L: `( uwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
3 t% H4 \1 h/ d/ ^1 U7 Yand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
- R3 S$ S+ Y" u1 ~8 p  `6 ]when the moon was covered
/ b" J! h2 B, n) g6 c) U( \# F; _and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
& i5 A3 f3 j% H: b+ E2 a) JLive in the layers
not on the litter.
1 A/ P+ b: m' t- }5 XThough I lack the art
+ j4 B* L, g" e2 m1 |to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
/ _: e  k0 i2 B5 ~$ A/ M* h2 H2 bis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers
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& v* b/ O; Z2 V! A+ eI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
9 j6 g8 e/ H7 o1 X5 d* cand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
0 W$ }7 o5 ]. o7 p5 nnot to stray.
% w  B# h% W' M* ?7 UWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
# k; F' @$ X/ j  RI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
! X' y6 m* }" y+ ~0 Z) t/ h% s% rand the slow fires trailing
% v9 O; ^- x5 h5 W/ E: s! Rfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
* V+ m* R+ q4 x5 Lover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
! I( C- ~3 q* {; @+ N/ lOh, I have made myself a tribe
3 m2 k4 L. n! z+ ~) [out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
1 n! P$ x# f, n5 \8 y" p! M* xHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the 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
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
* Z9 T' p6 B3 o  Z' uIn my darkest night,
( |6 s% E5 P, l3 b9 Cwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
- @5 K8 F2 H# Y  Ia nimbus-clouded voice
- M( q) K: m3 N8 X* `. V% vdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
2 a( k$ i: p% M+ X7 o3 Y) `Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
& U- o# V, R" N1 wis already written.
) {; w7 ^( Z6 b4 b* y) a3 AI 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
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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4 I% E1 }8 S" K: W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
; T$ @5 Q$ @% ]/ g谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

6 k5 _3 @* f3 l4 N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