【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。
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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8 ?; D' x) l9 {1 M4 b# e6 i7 I: U( _    The layers

: v3 Z/ L) W3 m! \- P3 z$ l/ SI have walked through many websites,
' a" {! M4 Y/ E7 Qsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
- m* ^3 K) i& {Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
8 N- W: Z; E3 B, WI go, I go
7 J+ q) m- U/ Z+ mexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
8 p$ O1 L' x# O+ N( R' ^( zwherever I need to go,
: i/ B; C' \1 N) Hand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
) l% L) g+ ~6 KIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
1 p" i  ]' Y7 c4 h6 O9 i% s* pand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
, i  ~" ?4 s" J% R" }: ^0 }" [Live in the layers
6 k- y! ]  V4 b4 I. Dnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
8 A0 i/ C1 Z' ^# j. Ato decipher it,
' g. e! B. I; V) K) b, Kno doubt the next chaper
$ ^, [; b, s% `6 f2 Qin my book of transformations
. w3 v+ j* I( b0 tis already written.
" I0 o. m$ U) \  b9 [I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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9 b" s6 d4 s% D: X& q+ N5 w原文在此：
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, \6 n# D9 U) w/ z+ wThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
6 |) q) l& [2 `  esome of them my own,
/ g  J' \& r  q' O! ]) X( }' \+ ~and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
8 |8 `7 B+ [% x; l, ^8 v1 e: mabides, from which I struggle
- h  ~  u+ t/ Anot to stray.
6 r0 E" D/ K% f0 E/ Z5 vWhen I look behind,
3 ^- @& l, l% d3 ~" Vas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
$ D3 I! b) e5 ^# B9 j9 C9 Wand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
! e' ]! e$ S( ]* P+ \Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
: C3 ~8 ]. d; z5 B% z+ Gand my tribe is scattered!
! |. g4 X( \7 ?How shall the heart be reconciled
( @$ v. G; I. m& R2 e: oto its feast of losses?
9 [$ _/ r: z0 TIn a rising wind
3 W6 _' `# Y# e8 j, h; bthe manic dust of my friends,
% K0 B9 R, k3 h0 Qthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
7 R1 T% ?: {+ Q6 U& M+ C. U! t& iexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
6 ?7 c* w: W) l, q" N' D7 ]. sand every stone on the road
) F- _  [3 h$ G# }precious to me.
0 |5 s: `& a# O' z3 U, a* dIn my darkest night,
) n* _( A: w& V. ]- s* y3 O8 Qwhen the moon was covered
4 {1 p: w  Q6 X: c6 ^and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
0 r% x# K. O9 e6 Y"Live in the layers,
# D5 T7 Z3 Z- }) N: enot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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: z8 L  `( S# u$ U3 lI 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

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