【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。
* a+ _3 r; Y- @1 }" V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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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
, b9 z! ?7 K: |6 J  B* a* Jout of his true affections.
I go, I go
9 S; I9 S3 e/ w& g" P/ t+ \& `# \exulting somewhat,
2 `. l) G+ c$ M5 ~* f5 [$ `with my will intact to go
2 h2 n6 o+ M: x  N1 Q) K( ~: m2 Bwherever I need to go,
8 H$ E1 L: s* n6 {3 g5 cand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
% [( ~8 I5 H" KPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
, x& ~: x; y1 m: c2 s' l$ s" oLive in the layers
not on the litter.
3 E: y0 d. h" `8 S/ Q0 J7 f2 \' [Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
2 x, y* v0 @) ^no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

5 v4 i) i; |2 Y. Y5 MThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
2 ^# J- p8 l4 O! \& W; ]7 A/ a/ {0 Y0 aand I am not who I was,
2 t( X1 y4 G* k* v+ U+ othough some principle of being
/ V& d2 A! x2 O' F6 @abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
$ `; L" M' x, GWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
3 n& P3 p' o$ L* II see the milestones dwindling
+ W' \5 c9 Q9 z6 ~toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
7 [" e- g$ ]6 n8 J0 @  v; ^( Ifrom the abandoned camp-sites,
) i% I: V) d" e& z, r% Iover which scavenger angels
% @, ^' V% y" N6 v% Y- hwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
! P7 L- F; G; C) WHow shall the heart be reconciled
- O9 v; ]! H/ yto its feast of losses?
+ H7 n+ I9 F6 \% u8 @In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
, X  ]/ z* |# _Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
/ h9 k0 p! A( R$ Cwhereever I need to go,
, F8 G% d3 _4 I% gand every stone on the road
precious to me.
5 S0 M1 C8 M- h4 f( ~In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
6 l' Y( H/ W9 Q8 T7 f$ Q"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
, _# u5 t2 X+ F& M9 y, Sno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
" t! N" x0 |/ L& U, Q" Fis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

: M8 L0 ^, I8 g' `8 D[ 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

: m4 j- e& l0 o: e& x) R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

2 N1 y/ |4 D. a9 H3 g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