【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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3 N* @& F) K! L- O0 m! h. M& p, p. T    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
) @9 r' R8 X& |5 M% S2 l! D& Band some of them I do not like.
" t6 R  L0 T  \! j8 G0 AOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
0 B3 z% z$ V, `3 uout of his true affections.
& J, H. @7 ?3 V+ V! ~I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
! G% j7 X( w% r9 l/ F* K6 H4 {wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
5 {+ R) X7 u# W$ zwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
/ k8 y$ J8 n3 Y- r* p( r  `% kto decipher it,
1 H1 R, l% O8 q# g' ^" Z$ Nno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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I have walked through many lives,
" c9 A0 M$ y& \some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
' ~5 m' s8 Z9 ]1 l, i* ]) \/ ?' Jthough some principle of being
9 r' M* o" I2 |# O- I3 w/ t5 pabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
+ y% n% ?- u% m8 WWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
, h0 V+ v% `6 Q% pand the slow fires trailing
, C- v7 D0 U( v9 [# Ifrom the abandoned camp-sites,
. I' E& m% A, o2 r+ i5 S/ tover which scavenger angels
4 g' F* d9 P5 Kwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
: d$ X; @, \* ?* a2 S. ]and my tribe is scattered!
! N; h% R- J& y+ Z% LHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
9 A: K: `  H( D6 bIn a rising wind
6 w; @3 `3 s( S+ {: i2 othe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
. D, M3 Z/ ?0 fYet I turn, I turn,
9 |" Z) k# X8 f1 y8 O: j% lexulting somewhat,
+ _! \! Y. f. ]  o- y' p/ m# Bwith my will intact to go
4 x# t' c- ?4 R& w8 S0 {8 Nwhereever I need to go,
) i4 v/ J/ ]6 r+ S& o4 H; Sand every stone on the road
precious to me.
$ ]2 G$ v9 ]) lIn my darkest night,
9 E/ k7 |9 J+ G2 m1 T/ m( Zwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
+ V: i& V6 H% P. s) G- yto decipher it,
7 A5 a/ M- B* o9 k: _no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
: C6 l* v* a& V2 L+ k$ @7 his already written.
I am not done with my changes.
  o0 X: q, f2 y# C4 E—Stanley Kunitz

/ @$ i! i4 P7 H8 Y[ 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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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

7 D$ ]$ }0 {5 {, Z7 b2 r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