【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。
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,
" G, C+ ^& L" N0 X7 Csome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
3 @$ E6 q7 {% Q0 f/ }Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
) g) ]! ?/ o3 F9 wout of his true affections.
+ @! ^( R7 w- l7 x1 t' g0 iI go, I go
+ x0 [$ \# V" z+ c) hexulting somewhat,
; e" `5 m- J! e5 @/ hwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
$ A. J& L+ F3 T% R) }3 g3 j; Land every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
2 H6 {8 w  v% ~& BIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
- e- g2 x! a2 knot on the litter.
! O. H( U( q! f3 o5 }# k2 iThough I lack the art
- F% k0 g1 P* ~: B, }to decipher it,
+ r9 n/ v% v1 N: m# sno doubt the next chaper
" T/ h5 ^8 m8 N0 c! u* P; min my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

* H& E% L0 |8 E) G9 p+ c! cThe Layers
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  F* g+ H- a4 Z; a1 d% w! hI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
3 K  I$ {' {  Q! p* I2 o, vand I am not who I was,
0 x2 R& t8 y7 h4 tthough some principle of being
4 J7 b. @' o9 A  T7 ^abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
  Y" \( M. T' ]. y8 V7 SWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
1 p( N$ V/ n9 x7 Qbefore I can gather strength
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I see the milestones dwindling
+ B$ e) o6 ?* H1 Q4 e. X$ K9 e) _" l& ^toward the horizon
0 q  C9 ~) R- Vand the slow fires trailing
1 t0 }" {  R; d+ x8 Ifrom the abandoned camp-sites,
) k' C* a( d, E; [( B4 E" @over which scavenger angels
( V/ J+ B( G( v) L1 ^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?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
4 |/ D5 y# e$ t7 l2 pbitterly stings my face.
6 F" O+ P8 \3 O, t, uYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
. @0 G! H& Z# s2 L3 k1 F  Cwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
9 A2 C# m% m" S" yand every stone on the road
/ T# `/ l( \% C0 c2 z6 N' `precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
+ @3 y) A  m, V9 }- jand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
8 i! h5 f8 [0 s+ \5 n0 tnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
/ n7 p. F6 `) s0 a' a" `to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
& k4 h- H: l! |: e! k' ]9 Ain my book of transformations
is already written.
# p! y6 ^  @0 t# G) ]" {. v& E6 NI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

) z8 |2 f: V. u5 ?[ 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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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
6 t  A+ V: _: o' r. T- e9 P谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

7 L' l- D' T7 ^' I5 B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