【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。
0 A, w. ~6 h* u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,
4 u; W; c8 I7 x* S1 _some of them I like,
/ ^# K# _5 C8 c4 b, Iand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
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' k; {- `$ u) k3 S7 S7 O, M9 JI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
8 J6 f, E0 f8 h0 F9 {* z* {and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
; [/ z: a) i3 b: e8 d* G' z- zPrecious to me.
! i. ]8 ~6 n# E3 l7 \In my darkest night,
- F- I4 [3 I; owhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
) a# X  v8 T+ P, ^# pa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
  ?' g0 W% _1 k: b3 ?directed me:
8 X7 C  ]  B3 a% i+ gLive in the layers
not on the litter.
+ C2 d; k$ Z6 C. }/ w0 m* H5 nThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
$ W% B- L- E, e6 X- P  K( a( Ono doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
. W7 x: O0 O4 t$ m  f; ^( yI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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  t2 o* r3 D3 A! e" x+ ~6 F3 k原文在此：
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6 O% @0 ?3 l/ h0 K, ^The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
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and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
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. _$ e4 y$ L! y  aWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
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I see the milestones dwindling
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and the slow fires trailing
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over which scavenger angels
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- G, a/ K: `7 o' U+ s# g- ZOh, I have made myself a tribe
, _/ ]# t* ^. ^- |1 T4 Cout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
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" p5 M8 q$ w0 N4 {0 N- y% tIn a rising wind
% R: t. r1 f: [1 E5 }& ~. Mthe manic dust of my friends,
: S$ j) U( m  W2 M( U2 gthose who fell along the way,
. |& m# w! W. C! \# ~! qbitterly stings my face.
7 B- k& T8 C$ mYet I turn, I turn,
* n  A  B/ R) U& X, Q1 G6 jexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
- \- I# r4 N" Z* Q$ M# M5 V6 Kwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
9 U$ ]' X' `9 X6 d+ A  Hprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
% w. L* O/ U" a5 w. o  g4 Nand I roamed through wreckage,
1 w9 x: Y/ `; Q2 H8 Ua nimbus-clouded voice
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7 C8 ?% ?+ W6 \+ ~3 d"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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0 d* q/ w# v4 a/ F0 v8 sno doubt the next chapter
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is already written.
7 p) L8 Z8 [9 mI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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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$ \/ Q( t% v. B: k* R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

6 @3 n5 m, _0 j% y6 g- }* t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