【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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, J3 ?" o; j0 W$ k2 j    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
2 m) f# x3 l/ K  Xsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
0 @* \' u% |' y7 EOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
7 i* c) f9 C4 f, C, E5 Lout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
4 d% m+ d& u, U3 g: I" Aand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
9 Q* e" M& {1 E) ]* F/ ja nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
; T; C9 Y" Y4 y$ I4 F8 q$ w5 ?directed me:
Live in the layers
0 I- @7 X9 O: x( Unot on the litter.
) T* P/ G1 Q! D4 L" `Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
# V( n" J* m0 Y, H2 Sis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

" M8 S( c% y7 |. s  }7 p" `/ B; g# bI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
5 R* ?! _/ K# l# n  Y" ?and I am not who I was,
( R. ~/ `& W; n6 Q4 j! x* dthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
2 P+ W, ~$ L& vWhen I look behind,
3 @( }( V4 e: }) y1 I( S) eas I am compelled to look
; s4 S+ b) D3 Y2 K" l1 \/ dbefore I can gather strength
, q/ t$ y  H4 @; R" x; _to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
( M) l2 C( A" w( Q9 s: rtoward the horizon
  w+ c  @! g  V+ k8 ]and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
2 j" M$ d; L5 n, QOh, I have made myself a tribe
+ S: M( @( w( [, x, U4 v( Cout of my true affections,
. T6 V% p. P& P) i7 y( ^6 xand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
  I0 f, z! ~1 s, P; K6 Qto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
8 I7 b7 L8 R8 B+ A% }% `( Kthe manic dust of my friends,
( c  A8 D8 C0 `# Ithose who fell along the way,
( n0 G' K/ O- |3 }9 Abitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
7 y. u; R* @( V& ]8 W7 b( q& Xexulting somewhat,
& T" l5 @$ Z& X4 Wwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
* x, \* b" e  N0 T7 X/ H7 Mand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
% a, P- Z" ?1 l8 ~( B# Jdirected me:
2 Q8 r. S! l! V" x+ o' v"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
" R! U' H; G* m! ~8 }Though I lack the art
" ]3 p! d. o: j* cto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
& A9 y$ r% ^& Din my book of transformations
/ }5 t  P4 X' kis already written.
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
- D0 y8 O* P& w0 i" A你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

! G0 \  Q9 C8 V  D3 K3 j) L4 h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
6 X- }8 f$ H' w+ \: k& l& Y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