【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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! Z& `/ S" j: I9 G3 o; x$ J- {! |3 l    The layers
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; F9 [/ E& a! H* qI have walked through many websites,
$ n! `) t* u( r7 [7 Ysome of them I like,
/ G; Y8 ?9 V/ Dand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
4 ?9 n+ j' G; ]: J$ i9 ]+ K8 X0 s9 uout of his true affections.
) s9 ~' S/ Q8 y/ I& }2 II go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
  ^4 I) R% g$ A' m5 v7 J( l' xwherever I need to go,
9 m8 Q& {6 f& l  J; l, ^and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
+ [4 p4 `2 `) B1 S( YPrecious to me.
! }0 f  K, J' i. _$ e- ]7 W3 d" ^* tIn my darkest night,
, O1 y: x) g6 e7 Iwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
+ ^, t9 a. u" J$ I) E' b' |a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
* f& ^. n6 |6 Adirected me:
3 U  q9 i# j4 x* HLive in the layers
' y  \2 _3 {- H3 H5 z" S) Wnot on the litter.
* @7 e* O% W8 }* ^7 Y5 C  ZThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
, s  F6 G3 V, r$ ]- ~* \, oin my book of transformations
is already written.
* A- N: g" [0 uI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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The Layers
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7 ]9 u. ^+ Z$ R1 K3 d# w: Q! b* ?I 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
not to stray.
9 ?3 s1 s% b/ k. ^/ p; i2 fWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
0 W; P; k/ }& U. Qto proceed on my journey,
+ Y: h8 |/ M/ [3 t0 Y7 X. ^% x% J* TI see the milestones dwindling
) [) j( p8 }9 O) M  x8 gtoward the horizon
and 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!
How shall the heart be reconciled
+ p4 k# }! Q: Ito its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
( Z. M$ s* w+ ^! I0 u$ Xthose who fell along the way,
6 T5 p$ S, r: }0 J5 V" pbitterly stings my face.
7 Q: N" R$ [# ^7 wYet I turn, I turn,
1 z3 K; w! c; J8 g% w3 [exulting somewhat,
4 o) b/ ]7 `3 i# k! n8 O- \with my will intact to go
8 ~$ V0 U7 l: R, s; c8 L: H. jwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
2 ^4 m* f3 ^1 e" ~: I9 RIn my darkest night,
6 K6 r' |: E5 {- ~6 Pwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
6 S' ?4 G8 ?# F3 B" Rdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
& g( @# S8 Q2 N9 U, {" {Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
6 g" m3 H6 P1 {" T4 e—Stanley Kunitz

3 u1 @4 s# j" t- a[ 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
: H( h& @: D; T' V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
% ]6 }+ [" {' p3 t7 l" Z4 f( L9 @谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

( Q& r3 ^% J) H9 T3 f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