【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。
( e0 x) l4 u- {# G$ Y3 `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 R: v; K2 N6 e) o, q    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
+ z5 ?: \: y2 G6 p$ \  }- X0 wOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
* b" |" S( K- |, a! T& g6 c" Mout of his true affections.
, }/ l  U. ?/ W* Z& l. V4 xI go, I go
3 C  n. _$ o1 w( ]exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
  m, C) d5 \7 |/ B5 Owherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
' v7 \8 a8 X" za nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
% e! U& r: g) v( t* g7 iLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
8 v- m4 J. _5 Nto decipher it,
' }0 @/ y, U/ s* O6 ono doubt the next chaper
7 a) ]. F0 ?9 q' U" E1 nin my book of transformations
) C" i& X7 O) M  ?- Pis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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0 `& \3 U5 E4 U; L: Y! ]原文在此：
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9 |$ w2 Y" b: F4 g$ u6 {$ zThe Layers
5 `+ D8 C) J7 K: F; d% a! E
6 J* b+ d/ r% [" w2 l; d2 g$ mI have walked through many lives,
& j5 X9 B" F+ v( m+ Qsome of them my own,
2 {' D' G5 i3 X: t' a/ k, Eand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
" y* k  |1 m2 H( ]8 U3 Yabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
6 h( k1 s1 L9 J* ?4 oWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
& j: g3 {) [! }  X" e% G3 P1 |" O% z; \before I can gather strength
0 e8 [1 v7 n) T$ X3 K5 |- \5 dto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
. L' c6 q7 q* p; Mtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
, F, K& }6 O! u) [8 f# ]: h, F- `8 rwheel on heavy wings.
8 [# r/ `4 i3 h& w8 h  x2 G5 @; sOh, I have made myself a tribe
& x3 {1 @0 b- ~4 \out of my true affections,
7 J7 {* C  ~0 L( U+ m, G- Zand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
/ a$ G3 m0 d2 W& C' Yto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
; {9 L4 t* E; m8 o! a1 P) rthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
8 Q" D4 i! |9 Iwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
" G- j- @/ Q3 C3 h4 X8 y) O4 wprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
- ]8 h' d3 q1 M3 P1 {a nimbus-clouded voice
/ ~% c3 ^. {0 ~0 j' t$ n1 ^directed me:
  h" o/ P4 m0 r; ~* h- y"Live in the layers,
" D% r5 @8 n* b8 F9 R4 J. a) b0 d% d- `not on the litter."
1 G5 s$ R8 g  ~% m. p. A- XThough I lack the art
& W& c5 V9 N1 w3 w, i9 B( w1 @to decipher it,
; m2 ~$ x4 C( Tno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
3 h8 o1 h. T- V& |% X  ~—Stanley Kunitz

, J. d( R- v# f1 w% o[ 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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! ]0 g; m3 ^, L3 u" b1 V0 X: L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
3 p5 [% n' J% U" [% K  U; i谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

+ }, ?0 E! C4 ?9 @5 y" X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