【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。
$ J& T) ^/ l/ [' f. y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

I have walked through many websites,
) Z2 W% K; b% {. jsome of them I like,
+ a& X# n" U; x) l4 n8 E. O+ Eand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
% T- u0 _) Q& M. B1 n" |I go, I go
, \! M4 @% I7 }5 U0 bexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
9 y& j) h% e) o; P4 K  RIn my darkest night,
+ B* Y6 F. h. Y+ jwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
$ i& B+ L" R2 k7 @# i$ J7 ?+ Cdirected me:
3 s3 m* X5 V# {, S3 |( I+ O# {Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
  `4 K- ]3 G/ L- T+ f0 \to decipher it,
2 ~+ h" ?: U# g  Lno doubt the next chaper
2 p1 k% w, t5 x; zin 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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2 d! b. N' a$ m  y  F# }- BI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
# E) G- X1 u. ~5 a: @! Iand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
4 Z/ }3 f6 D+ `* S8 d& Sabides, from which I struggle
7 \8 \4 V* o/ j8 fnot to stray.
5 y5 M% P2 c; J7 D8 xWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
5 }' w0 _8 s6 ~( ?/ m% O1 Vbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
$ l3 @6 p: F* t+ |toward the horizon
  b* D9 e5 D  `8 F8 p( k2 e$ \* j; Land the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
% x- V' T; p2 _+ jOh, I have made myself a tribe
, o8 W3 G4 _; E4 Sout of my true affections,
. N: F$ X  t0 ~5 yand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
$ o3 ^8 T  i9 `6 H- p6 Qto its feast of losses?
5 y" b0 F7 Y) EIn a rising wind
8 o) g' c/ U2 p1 b  |  y0 L* _, Tthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
9 u  l1 \8 J0 c: Lwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
0 k% O( ]2 u/ H  K8 e7 V$ _In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
5 [; J% z8 e6 Sdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
2 Y# J4 V; ?6 r( X2 [# m& nnot on the litter."
, A. [4 f0 L, z) s: M, i. P! qThough I lack the art
# R# i9 X' q3 I, q; oto decipher it,
9 O5 R9 n# ~* l7 z. V3 {, v2 ?" Dno doubt the next chapter
* P4 p3 k; i  J- Iin my book of transformations
is already written.
6 Q7 z" U& x* p: NI am not done with my changes.
4 H' g; }1 i/ n- E* b  [- X—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
4 C( M: W1 B4 T* E( L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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. L7 g0 R8 L5 T( f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
' l1 L7 Y6 r* V6 J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