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【五周年征文】诗歌一首,根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
* a+ _3 r; Y- @1 }" V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
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I have walked through many websites,3 J/ ?0 R1 [5 p6 b. [
some of them I like,8 z8 E0 d1 k0 C I7 i" r: g5 U
and some of them I do not like.( u8 j+ W# x& X& Z2 a
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
, b9 z! ?7 K: |6 J B* a* Jout of his true affections.& B% ^, x" e/ t3 w4 R n1 B
I go, I go
9 S; I9 S3 e/ w& g" P/ t+ \& `# \exulting somewhat,
2 `. l) G+ c$ M5 ~* f5 [$ `with my will intact to go
2 h2 n6 o+ M: x N1 Q) K( ~: m2 Bwherever I need to go,
8 H$ E1 L: s* n6 {3 g5 cand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
% [( ~8 I5 H" KPrecious to me.2 w* J) Y& j, ]% b+ u4 L J9 M J. y
In my darkest night, : I$ Z4 ?$ I7 f
when the moon was covered- t0 Z8 U( ~8 e+ l, a! i
and I roamed through websites,/ r1 k% Q% G7 W% W& u! F
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice 2 J" r" Z" W R# E
directed me:
, x& ~: x; y1 m: c2 s' l$ s" oLive in the layers% b; O; v+ H0 v/ t- b. b
not on the litter.
3 E: y0 d. h" `8 S/ Q0 J7 f2 \' [Though I lack the art . _3 {# b. N$ R
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations; e! t$ `5 W1 Q# W7 a5 h0 ]
is already written.* k) {2 R, y- `( S" R( n
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community." S$ G8 k. Z) k; b5 t3 y
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原文在此: ]! E2 a; Z" @$ B0 K5 [
5 v4 i) i; |2 Y. Y5 MThe Layers9 O1 g+ d* r) W- h! ?8 n# b
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I have walked through many lives, . a- u' U. L; u f# m
some of them my own,
2 ^# J- p8 l4 O! \& W; ]7 A/ a/ {0 Y0 aand I am not who I was,
2 t( X1 y4 G* k* v+ U+ othough some principle of being
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not to stray.
$ `; L" M' x, GWhen I look behind, 4 c' E4 `4 W7 p& j; H. ^
as I am compelled to look ' u5 h. }. P8 D) F5 ^1 L9 d
before I can gather strength 9 Z1 @+ C) z8 W- p) }1 S
to proceed on my journey,
3 n& P3 p' o$ L* II see the milestones dwindling
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and the slow fires trailing
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) i% I: V) d" e& z, r% Iover which scavenger angels
% @, ^' V% y" N6 v% Y- hwheel on heavy wings. % f0 ^1 ~2 L, G5 Z
Oh, I have made myself a tribe " G7 A1 G7 n$ W' t
out of my true affections, $ ^! d# m1 D3 G/ U5 L8 }) M' q2 s
and my tribe is scattered!
! P7 L- F; G; C) WHow shall the heart be reconciled
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+ H7 n+ I9 F6 \% u8 @In a rising wind 8 D0 P; j3 Z) h& u# O, M. L4 |
the manic dust of my friends, ; {3 |7 _. A9 V$ O- B8 J; n
those who fell along the way, ' Q) A5 @! \) r; N9 k
bitterly stings my face.
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exulting somewhat, $ e8 |0 y. o1 f. U$ j
with my will intact to go
/ h9 k0 p! A( R$ Cwhereever I need to go,
, F8 G% d3 _4 I% gand every stone on the road * I# V. S% x; x. ^
precious to me.
5 S0 M1 C8 M- h4 f( ~In my darkest night, 9 o1 U7 D5 g8 W9 I
when the moon was covered ! e7 ]; f0 y# Y# J1 x9 Z6 \
and I roamed through wreckage, + Y3 F1 K4 t0 u) W T
a nimbus-clouded voice 1 c; g5 v/ C7 Y3 ~! [
directed me:
6 l' Y( H/ W9 Q8 T7 f$ Q"Live in the layers, % ?1 _0 W1 F [0 @) s
not on the litter." 4 e, h" p$ @) j2 S, f! p
Though I lack the art 1 a* I! Q1 v) q" V* F; d+ n
to decipher it,
, _# u5 t2 X+ F& M9 y, Sno doubt the next chapter ! m2 n+ \% P9 x
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.' O1 E. t5 j$ P( A+ C1 ?! `8 y
—Stanley Kunitz% V# M+ [0 c+ |0 Y
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