【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。
7 i; H% B) [* q& ?& A/ {% c' s- k) B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



) p5 _/ Z6 \8 v    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
7 P) z+ l3 U. G) W3 ]- G! _some of them I like,
9 X- r& F6 i6 O8 I8 I; W* Q' K- Eand some of them I do not like.
4 C5 y% ?) g* @8 ]* h+ A: o# OOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
# D: T5 m3 G6 t# k' Zout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
+ N* M8 L9 ~5 K  }* k9 W/ B7 Ywith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
$ H5 J+ ~7 w1 O2 X9 U# P0 `and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
5 R; s: q' A4 o7 FPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
' T5 \* i2 V9 t5 l; ?# Dwhen the moon was covered
! x4 u, z. o" o8 A0 S, V0 _) Iand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
( |8 L: {0 v+ S5 V8 b3 {& |+ j& CLive in the layers
6 a& D, V0 c( R: ynot on the litter.
- f2 I5 m0 G) [5 F# SThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
7 \* [( `6 T8 \  M0 ^0 u; N( bno doubt the next chaper
! S6 |; G' a4 C  d! t# nin my book of transformations
6 Z$ V( H. n" f+ kis already written.
4 C, S; l) ]4 l  _( J+ kI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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, j$ R* v* M: x- }* }( O1 ^原文在此：
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' u& N( e# b: DThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
' M# I6 r. e) J* z. G; ^; w5 Fsome of them my own,
# N% }+ B7 O! I7 O$ fand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
. F; @2 @/ M! i* ]abides, from which I struggle
( c5 k: E3 P/ B$ o0 `not to stray.
! L3 m7 R$ e2 l' }When I look behind,
, K/ O% Y: v' P% las I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
( Y7 \" V( Y9 U4 Zwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
/ r, D. d6 @4 Y* ]& Oout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
% J- _- s: _5 D# C0 i  ~How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
4 a% F& w: p6 h! ~% L8 oIn a rising wind
5 x% ]% O8 ]$ n: ]the manic dust of my friends,
/ B, m3 L1 r) N; I# uthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
& ?  E: E2 i1 f4 E6 bYet I turn, I turn,
; D3 x3 x, x7 ^$ _7 k4 L6 t$ Dexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
* `# f) }; {  U: A4 L! S$ ~whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
7 k$ b* N7 H. \3 Z7 Kwhen the moon was covered
  x8 U; h1 a: Xand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
+ w" D1 t6 ?, R  o* Z. o  odirected me:
"Live in the layers,
' E; Q' m( `) @+ {: w; B" @8 A( _not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
5 u, Z; p7 O& @2 Uno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
# a, m5 f1 R* v: @. P3 kI 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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

4 z7 ^  l+ p9 Q$ W' v5 |
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
! X3 v4 L; A6 [  v/ v0 H6 \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