【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。
1 d: Q% q" j! ?; ^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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6 r4 ~9 u: a+ R" j    The layers

% H, F5 j) W9 ?7 W3 W6 `1 mI have walked through many websites,
- O1 u6 i0 j5 z* g# u' d" f: asome of them I like,
8 ~' E* N6 j  n% K- A" _and some of them I do not like.
- n5 d3 O6 Q/ ^Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
2 S1 q  E6 k; z/ h1 j% w1 RI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
. I4 h5 [2 k, Zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
) H  Q* a- t) ]5 W! `Precious to me.
. x" g4 z- B& BIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
6 B4 ~* S  P. ha nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
% L3 p1 p! p/ b# f' _% pLive in the layers
not on the litter.
, C3 R! v, j1 c* w3 X% vThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
& V$ ~3 [* h) `& H6 L5 E& m0 Q! }no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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9 t6 x2 N9 S4 [9 q原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
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and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
9 }7 m! q, _- H1 k3 Babides, from which I struggle
% q; h/ J) ?6 Bnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
4 p+ N# L8 `! A8 tbefore I can gather strength
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I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
: O! I, Y4 _; n+ b1 g4 O8 Kfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
  ~# T8 H( q1 \5 Oover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
. L1 A; X5 J" M% |Oh, I have made myself a tribe
( c: ?2 i: l* [& Lout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
( p! _* G, I- ~+ m. p9 S$ ~$ q  ZHow shall the heart be reconciled
5 [9 Q: B$ x" X" J0 O. z* t+ }) X5 Kto its feast of losses?
: [- h( e8 y3 V" r2 v! cIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
) J" L. ~% f6 N7 v( c. s" z4 G5 Tthose who fell along the way,
: I5 R  q" v$ ]$ @9 u; Vbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
9 {1 V# D" _6 k+ ~5 iexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
0 F6 j+ ~' a! L- y! Ywhereever I need to go,
, B1 c' c5 O' _  e$ @3 [. J1 Vand every stone on the road
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% C: L, j* T5 M) j' \6 vIn my darkest night,
1 E) r7 {' x( F. Dwhen the moon was covered
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) E0 f: C2 q3 W7 Za nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
; I2 J' s; P( Q/ C"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
# e  t, R; d% Yto decipher it,
1 M; @$ V. A% q  V0 Cno doubt the next chapter
# A9 d1 \4 q# J; w! c( N- J/ ^' zin my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
& Q3 l& H. N6 `—Stanley Kunitz
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  o: B( Z- q3 k( l1 K0 y- R: S[ 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
. K$ s7 u+ ]) [5 T4 P你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

. d2 M# y6 L5 X: C9 j; `" K$ p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
: c, |5 q0 p& Z5 @4 L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