【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。
- o  o- J7 q/ P/ N. o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
3 L2 p0 v8 i9 N  \9 j
( a/ B1 |4 o# {  D: W1 O: h) xI have walked through many websites,
9 b2 S: }& J6 ~( m- S9 Osome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
, H3 F- d  x' U- _Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
; F( m. Z% Q; g1 C9 X1 hexulting somewhat,
7 q5 f( a9 e; j1 Swith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
+ n& Z( p0 p  H7 U9 S- U( _and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
' @. W5 W4 U6 J/ t; {" CPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
4 v( y1 ^  P4 {6 w- Sand I roamed through websites,
% l: T4 p+ }6 g1 ?0 X; P# b+ ja nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
) u/ X7 ]9 ^6 G: t" d. M. L( }not on the litter.
% P& r' A6 i0 R8 F  o% d/ C% `6 \Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
) s, D/ z6 x. G$ l! m3 nno doubt the next chaper
# f& t  N$ ?* min my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

6 y1 d8 G' a- I! g, oI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
2 z0 r  H) o8 I% e, a* Ythough some principle of being
! \- E: J( n" y2 |* T; h/ e2 ?( oabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
6 Y1 G7 K- ~( e( C0 c7 H  n* n( iWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
% M# i7 F1 X& C+ J" Sto proceed on my journey,
) g9 d1 O; T0 m7 h" a! @: ~I see the milestones dwindling
# M: C- R! c  q; ptoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
% Y% p6 {6 [( a+ L! V2 }over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
5 K6 l/ k; f7 I2 X  S6 |In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
4 v7 g' X' ~& N6 v0 K) qthose who fell along the way,
; N* r% y9 U( g6 R- v- ibitterly stings my face.
( U: \- t0 w' d8 ~1 G  B6 AYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
) y2 b0 \4 U6 f% ~; T* J' _8 rwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
0 ~- w, Q2 j8 w4 T4 Kprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
' g% F4 ?. @2 |* rand I roamed through wreckage,
0 W5 `5 T7 a  Ka nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
: u, @# N6 W2 Y* l"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
! S, L7 `4 S- D( k) t; C  |0 MThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
) M% e6 `" [* s* x% h! Yno doubt the next chapter
& k. n7 Q) a* |# b/ }  cin my book of transformations
5 C$ M6 H/ K. Y1 [; }7 W9 X  vis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

4 r+ e; F# p0 G8 k7 g[ 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

4 c' p' y/ r, @# r( F' N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
8 B5 f/ I* D' B谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

/ h8 F* M! |$ o3 g$ E# D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