【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。
" ~! T% v0 I* V3 b' B7 o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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* n9 k1 b1 j, Q; c; [: I! LI have walked through many websites,
% w! e$ ]; a. G! Q( Isome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
* ~# @' G; U3 R) oout of his true affections.
I go, I go
$ i9 h0 T1 _& b/ B; I3 Yexulting somewhat,
% W+ w6 L5 \. Y0 C+ cwith my will intact to go
3 y1 m; {- [4 ]* W8 Qwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
0 G* M, W" J+ V4 W* L  l. ?Precious to me.
9 Z, T6 c2 G" w+ G9 z; j4 g1 HIn my darkest night,
9 a9 B( v+ u/ q7 \2 g9 q  L) s: }when the moon was covered
; Z: n( {4 H+ d' s+ gand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
" A- J$ p1 X' a6 ?/ kdirected me:
& w( }1 q3 J: S7 b8 M6 mLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations
1 a1 L( T/ ]1 p7 x1 i) I1 a, nis already written.
& r- b& s& L8 v* l8 R! ~I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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  `/ U5 Z8 ~7 a# v) P( wThe Layers
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- U0 U0 ]. [# T: \" j1 o, {I have walked through many lives,
9 Y) v+ d3 b- A7 ~7 Nsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
! n2 s7 w# O: t6 G  inot to stray.
When I look behind,
  P$ E. J8 k# z* {5 |) a0 j. oas I am compelled to look
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to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
9 Q% d2 A* H0 t) |( Gtoward the horizon
  r7 w1 r: p2 Hand 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,
and my tribe is scattered!
  S/ X5 l1 D: w, \8 nHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
5 a. S. D# G$ ?3 ]5 NIn a rising wind
, ^  c& B- a5 `the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
" Y# _8 _4 V! n5 m! L0 w: Hbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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; t! n! \2 B- {6 s& J! |5 Dwith my will intact to go
& b1 I9 T/ a& n& S: u. f7 mwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
7 [6 o) w% ~0 O8 L4 OIn my darkest night,
& M, ~/ x6 y* K( i- Xwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
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"Live in the layers,
! O+ B' ^# U5 S$ |& ?not on the litter."
6 y- l& u6 K( h3 @1 SThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I 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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+ ?+ v- P, ?9 @, O. G6 \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