【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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4 N! G8 f8 f6 L5 DI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
: L8 h% I, w' ]0 ?: A- Z1 ~with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
8 c( Y' P) I  q* Q7 QIn my darkest night,
4 {. e& F& J  n* C5 ywhen the moon was covered
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4 U( h7 u3 z6 I7 U' T4 I% G) Ta nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
; |5 f: n0 i: I' n& I6 sLive in the layers
not on the litter.
% F" E6 A. L/ g$ I% zThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers
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' C$ g' v* i. ^2 F! r0 j4 MI have walked through many lives,
% i; Z* L/ L& ]+ j- usome of them my own,
) A( Z- C4 L- W! h, z. Jand I am not who I was,
3 C8 }% p$ c( z  a: W. p. ^though some principle of being
/ i3 Y  [9 _8 j. l* U. w0 Qabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
6 w7 a) m0 l. TWhen I look behind,
9 b" H. c- R& P1 o/ l* j3 Uas I am compelled to look
' X9 t; T0 \) R! x$ t6 U% u, @before I can gather strength
4 Z. h7 H2 A( `5 \% ]to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
1 L1 N8 R  a% i/ j! tand the slow fires trailing
* |8 W5 p. N- m  X% qfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
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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?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
* c% o& r; E; Rthose who fell along the way,
5 N% H7 Z4 u& ~4 {8 E9 Dbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
7 y& Z( E9 \# ~( s" A& Cwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
" ]2 `" t9 U7 v* @! }and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
. m# X) P* I8 u9 i3 l- T3 B6 r8 Ya nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
! z2 n3 ~& F* Q# f6 z: e0 O! _2 G"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
0 {2 v3 j+ K6 UThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
9 l' w4 L0 y4 vin my book of transformations
. Q1 Z& G& u" A& f% K4 nis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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
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
- f2 @6 C1 M- C" ~8 t谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

0 @3 W* L  l' a" S( 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