【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。
* `( W; b7 F" G* h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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# n5 i& @! K, Y) a2 |' K    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.
2 x2 _, C' m, c; {& d4 W8 UOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
; a4 H2 M: M1 fout of his true affections.
I go, I go
: o, q" m' z" `  B6 xexulting somewhat,
0 U8 x! S+ P, A( A* j$ fwith my will intact to go
* ]- }1 x4 v5 w* O* k$ E; H+ Dwherever I need to go,
: ?+ \6 s* a1 g. O) mand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
& N- g& R( `# x  G7 G) d0 kIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
5 _: ~% q" J$ Na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 x: W2 u& j, adirected me:
  q, l4 g6 n8 A# n" bLive in the layers
, w" A! N( ~$ v  [9 y& knot on the litter.
/ Q' D5 R  m" J/ m" @4 |$ u' S* wThough I lack the art
" x( I$ E% }, P. ^4 r) V4 mto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
7 r* u7 u. O% O7 His already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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4 S' d6 ]$ k' Q* k+ KThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
2 ^; l4 f1 F$ U! K) \: t4 dand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
9 S5 c$ z- b  B! l  X. a0 w, Bnot to stray.
5 r9 ?# b3 x, Z3 Y/ UWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
3 [- |6 p$ z7 J% i1 t/ \  J2 d  vI see the milestones dwindling
/ ^# P7 [' F4 Q$ @! E# {- v9 {# [toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
* V$ e- F* u8 K, N' |6 D8 H* xfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
5 B$ ~0 z; Q7 |over which scavenger angels
  k$ X' d! w  X/ e, m  d$ c! pwheel on heavy wings.
" z, b0 ^. f' r, J- IOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
' ~, d; u8 Y3 k8 `& [and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
& _# ]; X0 O3 K. h7 gIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
3 \! j) [, R3 rthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
1 D" H9 ?2 v4 g; p. dYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
# v7 D2 S  x: [# E+ Xwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
0 a. E1 l5 M3 F. t& k% ^& \3 Iprecious to me.
+ O0 b% a9 X  R. h9 s7 qIn my darkest night,
; j! W6 A. n! |2 q. n7 k9 `when the moon was covered
' @. T6 }$ |# d2 ^4 U5 u9 ~and I roamed through wreckage,
& X/ \/ Y& ~* Oa nimbus-clouded voice
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9 Y) P, r8 y4 U6 ~"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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—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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) W7 s% @  c; F$ y* }  M4 p6 L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
2 k; F  R2 X. Z2 V) d0 U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