【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。
5 k  C! }) E) {4 I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

+ x5 c. \& S6 M8 _+ z/ VI have walked through many websites,
1 b/ S7 r3 U1 o6 M+ K' [* \some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
& n7 {/ ]- K; W% ^' Kout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
9 r7 p1 ^, j: R1 H5 rwith my will intact to go
, b. r  L7 N' F- Q+ K. t. `wherever I need to go,
9 c/ p* i9 D- [8 M$ Z& eand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
* R5 S" W" a7 L2 hPrecious to me.
3 y# M2 a7 U# c9 U# p* o8 u, t( yIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
) `* P  A/ i  va nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
8 l! t! |5 p+ n, ^+ d) ^directed me:
% }3 o9 I" X3 y# F9 X% r2 OLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
( r; ]7 j; W$ A0 Z& h0 b% i0 N! H* x5 Gto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
+ e+ S9 N; N! i! F* N- @I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

0 r! S, Z4 x. t/ H* EI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
; i% I# s* {% H* i4 R/ Pand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
5 j9 ], Q" a9 B- t# wnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
' M- m( s+ H% m6 [( vbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
! H) o5 b8 o+ pI see the milestones dwindling
% R' J) Q5 r: ?% }5 H. z6 mtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
6 n$ K5 Z6 \- ]1 |' Zand my tribe is scattered!
- e9 R4 c; P9 z4 T9 }9 cHow shall the heart be reconciled
4 T. b( p; _8 e- [6 L+ M! T! Gto its feast of losses?
% G- E! g/ z! h, V# fIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
* N  d$ \, E& h- N2 ^bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
! b0 F, g$ N. zexulting somewhat,
& N" U& R  q/ B  ~3 H8 b/ twith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
. A+ d5 x; r, vprecious to me.
( w) U8 |0 v( ?$ X& sIn my darkest night,
+ n9 H1 a' ~. c6 owhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
) M3 }: b/ b# p# ]# k! ha nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
2 p( t' f: y2 Bnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
6 U3 W3 |( E# F- d9 P7 }1 Tno doubt the next chapter
, M! S# X; |2 W- a/ Zin my book of transformations
9 |- @) {- o, z3 q: His already written.
/ }2 D! I8 F" P+ I1 o' z/ d+ OI am not done with my changes.
, a$ g9 _2 [/ G! Z# E—Stanley Kunitz

* V: Q/ Q- `% x; F[ 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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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

$ i, k6 O& _. H) z1 E$ j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