【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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, ^+ x7 F* T! G: d    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
+ G1 ^. I: |' g0 K5 c0 msome 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
0 Z# A+ A1 I, y5 u7 L3 Uexulting somewhat,
2 K) g& W1 N5 T6 N# twith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
& d) r, f+ v/ m+ Nand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
' E; j* {2 `5 K3 K2 U4 CIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
9 U% U* K. D& S, x/ c" Y4 l5 ~% ~a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
7 {" O2 Y& ^& n' B5 N! b) A) O1 Idirected me:
. R, j: ^4 j* I- N% H5 ?) f, LLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
& s. R3 x" N1 W* P* Zno doubt the next chaper
: L0 i& x; C, _' I) `1 Min my book of transformations
is already written.
. \" o* Z, d% x+ i9 @0 g. LI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
* F2 E6 x! x8 b/ bsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
1 A" k9 b0 F% S( L# N  ]though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
, ]" a  S/ f2 M% T, ?not to stray.
6 H! c. P' S" _# p& u6 C% r% T5 MWhen I look behind,
* F1 y) Y" h/ U% ?! v  N/ p3 ras I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
# Z, W* Z8 N: Gto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
, W3 B, v/ T# \1 ]7 m3 j1 M" `1 Yfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
  k6 Z. _1 {& Tover which scavenger angels
2 m/ H8 H6 j( T. ~/ z/ gwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
1 i- k/ P) C6 M1 x4 o$ hout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
9 [& K" C* z6 @How shall the heart be reconciled
4 Q3 i0 f( M  hto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
/ U) w# D! Q) |( t( M. lthose who fell along the way,
, v6 q" ^. b2 B* h; U, abitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
, S2 E. \& x$ o! F  jwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
4 O! C% o- [, G) r: l- L% H" p4 |when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
! a; u( W) A9 v8 b4 N+ I) E" g9 ga nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
* p) _3 u/ u4 ^" R9 L+ E+ [Though I lack the art
" q5 b+ T& g. \/ E7 b0 ?" eto decipher it,
7 T/ I& R; f% n7 y% zno doubt the next chapter
  ]( Q6 f  X3 `in my book of transformations
1 x3 K2 B0 k. r! i' g1 s# n% ]is 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
/ A- S1 V* o3 y' C# }/ z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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4 v2 }" K' G3 y5 V( g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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

) Y' l/ f/ E6 L" T" U* g; |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