【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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I 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,
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wherever 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,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
( \; b% R5 q+ y! P9 o; n, K2 fdirected me:
% N) s6 d+ G! x( ?# H, t9 ~Live in the layers
! ^+ Z* {5 Y' R  G. enot on the litter.
* L1 [+ A$ Z/ V+ `& n+ EThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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6 R/ |; \. i& L, w; z. w& CI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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. r. [5 P3 R; Q+ j  Q3 [4 W1 V原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
3 g4 [- {/ i8 F, U$ w/ sand I am not who I was,
6 d1 k0 |! O. u5 E0 S6 r" r1 @6 qthough some principle of being
0 A6 n' f0 `5 f; D, G* M+ |. Wabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
, m. \; m5 ^1 |* E9 d/ M2 m+ dWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
7 n, p/ ^" `8 t4 otoward the horizon
. y% I, _5 P7 D3 _6 r+ k) ?# s3 ]! n* X6 tand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
; E) _2 T; v9 r" WOh, I have made myself a tribe
$ Q! y4 P; N/ g$ y; Oout of my true affections,
6 e; N5 E8 s  |) g' }: wand my tribe is scattered!
, k- K1 U1 Q0 |' t& P" HHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
  o6 b0 p9 x9 @+ l6 e. \, I; m! qthose who fell along the way,
/ n# `* w2 }0 Y" z2 Nbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
8 _; P9 l1 p, ^; l8 s! n% n1 }precious to me.
In my darkest night,
, G0 p7 r! Q  Y" Y1 U$ dwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
% x3 O- ^9 ^# w/ O$ lnot on the litter."
1 s5 R7 i, P# M: @3 [Though I lack the art
% e1 W, G! k1 R" b6 J1 O' R/ Fto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
9 w  R* H( J. Z# q2 m+ s7 s4 ZI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

! T8 n( Q+ ?$ m# J4 L# t[ 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
8 k9 ^' H, [1 k7 e你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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

- n- b0 X6 n# I. n/ v! {4 T' A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