【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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4 m+ x" f. E  r$ y% W6 m    The layers
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5 M2 h) x6 U6 pI have walked through many websites,
& ^& K- ^  H% o) g) Rsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
: \  w0 q. {/ V' F) N1 i- v- ]Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
5 H& }8 }3 s+ z7 Vout of his true affections.
I go, I go
$ o5 ]* L" A" r# F: f3 qexulting somewhat,
% p+ M/ h% W* j) N2 S7 n* qwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
+ ]. V! t6 `. W' W4 ^) [5 E& dand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 f  l& Y: }' n! v* }directed me:
Live in the layers
0 U7 D- P) z) ]not on the litter.
. M7 l# F* Q; s$ A" X7 CThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
$ E& d# q' g. Y5 {) T# ~/ zis already written.
3 I/ e0 v/ f4 J. U4 k6 Z  v/ nI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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! P8 A  l7 N* w% n& l3 i原文在此：
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The Layers
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4 ~4 L8 ]+ m0 C- D5 |% [I have walked through many lives,
$ f* c! n* ^+ h3 X5 M7 l7 K3 r# _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.
! t3 h4 X4 X* _When I look behind,
2 J1 m0 t2 x) v$ Tas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
! _* @$ B7 @2 B: P" p6 k1 h6 qto proceed on my journey,
0 L) F3 g  N- {3 ^: x4 xI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
! g4 C4 ~7 ]: J) g1 }0 _  Iand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
" X5 ^7 F/ ?- Pover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
, ?, |3 [8 @/ P3 {( f; COh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
: {, q- z# G- _2 \and my tribe is scattered!
. K: B1 g& V# CHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
% Y7 J6 V( A5 p' N6 A' BIn a rising wind
1 s/ r  U1 m  B" i& l% x+ p' y4 sthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
* }) C! d/ v& b9 Obitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
* o2 F) J& x! }) Uexulting somewhat,
$ _/ D4 o% N7 A1 @" Hwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
: V) S0 U$ i7 pIn my darkest night,
. ]- M1 n, }3 Hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
, s6 t2 p! G0 i6 g4 Tdirected me:
1 @" T( p' S  ^2 v1 r% p"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
- t8 O3 F; h' s5 h5 d# E2 RThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
) F. B' Z$ a0 j; n9 y& J7 O: g! Ano doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
) d& W: x' m; X3 D—Stanley Kunitz

+ p  e1 r$ g3 P1 T; p[ 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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( p: w: b) D2 f9 Q, `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
, E0 Q" j4 G, [谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

8 P, S7 r- {. z6 _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