【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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    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
% s; f. I) o7 ^; W2 o. r9 U2 \some of them I like,
5 v2 s/ Z3 w3 y/ R# I9 S* r; Rand some of them I do not like.
5 h. x- `* i* T4 @4 d, pOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
5 u" I" E6 U( i* Gexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
% ^7 p" n3 u3 I, ~4 `and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
9 x0 C. X% r( u) V; V* u; q$ lPrecious to me.
# [. r" D  J% y: M  aIn my darkest night,
# P+ O) p! E7 Pwhen the moon was covered
) K" a% i1 v& N' iand I roamed through websites,
7 D. f! r* m# |* Q2 l' w2 o5 l2 }a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
6 y/ g7 H* e6 s/ S; l! b6 K. cdirected me:
2 ?# n) r$ p- x: xLive in the layers
not on the litter.
4 z, Q% O; Q. H& i3 U) MThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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" m0 _& N+ L6 y! g- gI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

% P! y  k" A! i9 cI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
7 @3 w  k6 ^  Q7 knot to stray.
When I look behind,
2 `; q% c' k! b- {as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
: F( j& ^1 q8 A( V  Y1 @I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
$ G' f: G$ ]$ I6 i# Z( y3 vand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
& ]0 c- F+ ]% ^. [( j. THow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
6 s- {! l& Z# I% h' _9 K- Dbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
/ a0 M) W6 \6 H; }# ~% B( v! dand every stone on the road
( ^2 C0 ~5 M- }precious to me.
In my darkest night,
5 F. q0 h+ ~( a% ^when the moon was covered
2 f- s2 C, J2 j. x+ \9 Aand I roamed through wreckage,
  p% {  d/ F' `1 G& c2 Fa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
% b7 w6 N9 {" T- k: Hnot on the litter."
2 g$ p( k, v9 M1 @% ^Though I lack the art
: g- _. k' m5 J/ k$ m. Yto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
8 j* K1 k  ~1 P: Y3 sin my book of transformations
) {5 Y/ q: e/ ]is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
- W4 H' |& D, P) z' @6 ^—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
3 P: F& _; \' i) z2 ^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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2 l. F7 M* v) s: b2 N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
* b8 D% h( e+ e' L. ]  m: ]谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

$ ]) D3 q) U7 ~9 G, y  ?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