【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。
$ E' Q/ l% k& E1 E5 G- W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

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
6 n9 s3 [, S( I! S2 }and some of them I do not like.
2 @! h# C3 N; g) p8 vOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
8 ^6 _4 {4 K3 iout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
5 ]9 `2 X6 a: t. j9 U4 Hwith my will intact to go
1 o, {( ?. @9 T$ b5 d: awherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
0 z+ A! d9 l8 f9 v& B" i+ MPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
& H& M% s+ F' {7 f1 }8 jwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
0 B# [. F- W! y8 W& d) d/ ~, sLive in the layers
* |1 l3 m( W" j# `( S5 |not on the litter.
; {  p0 H3 B$ NThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
7 R. v1 w4 q2 g& h" Z. ~/ }no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
' H+ i( T6 U5 j1 R1 X4 Gis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

9 l7 X5 X( O: G: I7 ]原文在此：
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; E7 |' s5 u* _! qThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
4 S5 w8 ^  ?3 v  k3 @. esome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
7 v  B! M+ P' s' S8 jthough some principle of being
9 m% l, n; p* Dabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
, M. K% J& b) o; D; EWhen I look behind,
* b* K9 s5 |. c# y2 k4 aas I am compelled to look
# p' h9 {2 d  G# |8 |# g. E$ Fbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
) G$ |+ w: t- `% Z4 jtoward the horizon
& d! N: k0 r2 K4 A' \; _2 `* v1 U( N2 hand the slow fires trailing
: H- v: x" K& y9 V. ifrom the abandoned camp-sites,
7 W; ~3 N$ M* nover which scavenger angels
1 Z! P! o! l8 H5 i; z: Y  qwheel on heavy wings.
, Q8 [! ~9 {+ x" d+ i0 B& IOh, I have made myself a tribe
8 G6 [, Q2 L) [/ e5 A$ mout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
5 k; S/ V$ b; dIn a rising wind
7 ]' u, ~' [, N/ f. @the manic dust of my friends,
+ n3 c' R% |1 i% Z. f4 |5 U, c* W9 wthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
; _& _8 q! E# z9 p7 k1 K. `Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
) m# t5 r& S7 p1 S+ Ewhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
- A( w! |$ t5 u2 o% ^when the moon was covered
2 T7 K) {& s  I  jand I roamed through wreckage,
0 u! W0 T% T. C+ T: ga nimbus-clouded voice
2 W9 J# k8 ?, z# o' l2 cdirected me:
( O. ~1 {" t# Y! S% B"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
) d! w  _4 n0 S4 v/ pThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
4 f% q! C+ N+ v; @2 z8 Pis already written.
$ x5 |  }) G7 @5 p# rI 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
- J& B2 y: w' K; X3 ~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
( ]) m: D7 \8 P! \% E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