【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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2 Z0 }+ f# O7 q4 i    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
$ Y7 P2 D  X: m: {" i' gsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
5 J- A; H" X/ y1 t6 iI go, I go
: b( U2 {! m5 q- x" E+ t/ ?exulting somewhat,
/ l5 ^; |. N$ N7 z5 k1 Twith my will intact to go
) v4 `# h* h! x' A- e* Y1 ~wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
# ~8 V. h$ {+ C4 P  S. s, X$ pPrecious to me.
3 l  |6 D4 ]: F9 xIn my darkest night,
% P0 C5 m7 q8 {( J4 ~/ Mwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
- {5 w3 ]) k& ~  B; mdirected me:
) b$ v# J5 j: s% E+ }7 i+ Z4 \7 KLive in the layers
not on the litter.
' F) O# A  _! E7 r+ WThough I lack the art
0 F' n, q; R  E6 s7 z' Sto decipher it,
. {6 m% V' o( G, S' |# Sno doubt the next chaper
0 l0 f4 W; p1 m( X% Fin my book of transformations
0 M6 F7 }0 S+ O: E; [: P' s$ C; lis already written.
6 Q5 Y3 H+ H" g% ]I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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; r' U  ^# i+ s/ p1 M% \原文在此：
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6 `! O$ R& @5 z# J7 aThe Layers
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  I) M* h" R& N$ |' u9 oI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
2 _0 v0 c, Q5 K* Jand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
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to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
4 G  a: f3 [* J/ K8 ]5 a# |toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
9 G2 x6 i- E1 L: p7 X! |' w$ A& v& ]8 aover which scavenger angels
# Y  M9 f* r' Uwheel on heavy wings.
3 c: e: C* f- _3 p# VOh, I have made myself a tribe
( y) L& z6 k0 _/ k) t  X; Q5 B" tout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
7 R% o; t+ ^1 p8 sIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
: _$ l& t; ~5 z4 I5 Athose who fell along the way,
' Z2 C6 c9 S: g/ ?bitterly stings my face.
9 ]2 @- ]$ g: T1 K/ A4 PYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
: l' F7 y5 w4 v# Y, Y& Fwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
$ _. E1 @. u$ D- _; G3 }and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
/ i$ J. b" x2 p# c( {& uand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
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( P& C6 j2 t$ I0 O( p- r"Live in the layers,
/ k3 M" R' m; X$ k* _, _* W$ anot on the litter."
. a* ~7 J; L5 j% s1 B3 O7 \Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
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is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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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- ~6 j3 l! m& i9 D5 M4 S! E/ V0 f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

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