【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



    The layers
$ y$ e" Z" O- w2 ?' g/ v
2 e+ q3 _& B. J: MI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
, T+ n* y& b* c6 ^7 Hand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
* V2 p& ]/ h& D# H# `  n+ I& H+ o  Cout of his true affections.
6 {. N. E( F+ Z% e0 O' |' ~9 F0 g7 W8 CI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
' @- i+ W9 K1 `7 X* uwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
1 V5 E4 F) m  V# H% J( p8 MIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
6 l' T% |" N) ~0 @, l+ Sand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
* `6 R  c% Q3 m* a6 B% Kdirected me:
4 k- f9 t" h$ i, DLive in the layers
  O  ]  V; x; g# L& F+ Gnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
3 U5 P' N' g3 V, a7 p' Cto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
, `7 q) Z/ R; Q  x  G, o. r. u, U& W- jis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

% d8 \2 v; i" z5 n0 }; j6 \" Y- {原文在此：

" Q/ P- I1 z0 n* `8 dThe Layers
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+ n$ y2 m' ~' H- WI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
! W* R) O5 T+ B2 P: Mthough some principle of being
& f1 m' O% `% G( V' H3 G6 babides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
2 a* d4 `' Q  N% G0 nas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
3 P. `/ a6 n) E# yand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
$ u% o& t5 A; U" nwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
2 d. ]% s( n) E! [2 Y) a( `* iIn a rising wind
7 s5 H$ {9 N& r. T* ]  x2 ~: @the manic dust of my friends,
  j4 n( c' M7 q9 S! ~- Ythose who fell along the way,
$ T, c* c4 S$ d1 T( F# Cbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
8 G. f& `; i4 I3 cwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
/ C4 C9 g) ?; qprecious to me.
5 d9 e# x2 C- \* ^- _In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
, I% F% q! g7 V% r( Z! zand I roamed through wreckage,
% s6 v1 ^7 N8 p5 o8 na nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
* U$ H/ L7 J0 f. K. I7 x"Live in the layers,
& K- H, O7 l5 Rnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
3 u/ Q; m7 u! x4 G4 M- X8 X' l1 @3 e  eno doubt the next chapter
) Y( c: O" W9 oin my book of transformations
" `: l7 t9 N! A; cis already written.
* U+ m4 l/ o8 \/ E. q/ |8 ], II am not done with my changes.
6 H/ K. N% r& O# K5 P- t—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
) B9 J7 P: F/ v" L" ~: U' {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
  x/ `; n/ L0 l0 t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