【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。
3 A6 p0 ?, C- \5 D4 Q% N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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$ s) @* C2 y4 ]% n8 h/ M( EI have walked through many websites,
5 y, W5 k- m9 N0 I: U9 G3 W. zsome of them I like,
9 A4 D5 [* |0 @5 t, J/ E; `and some of them I do not like.
" `5 P! b$ p8 O/ W! U3 h) h( lOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
9 C, M' ~, u6 a  D0 h% Cout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
6 P! V" g- S7 |, @8 M1 t6 N5 x7 ~with my will intact to go
5 m3 U, t2 ^8 M5 p4 P/ p, {wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
' w  W0 O) Q. b3 L. bPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
# F. x# ]7 [, T9 }& M5 g" r% mwhen the moon was covered
. x, B* p# E; A' Uand I roamed through websites,
3 V) y) |1 U1 X6 Q& C: \  q* e2 [a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
( j# r7 Q6 K$ ?& |# Q6 H, Wdirected me:
: h& M1 A# c# J) H( c- Y. QLive in the layers
" {+ I+ j; A) \4 Onot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
0 W+ C) [* j  {: d6 b; Uto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
3 r& {$ N8 }3 n% `- B5 J, {. pis already written.
( _# T4 Z/ n0 q% z& xI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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2 H# m  l7 j1 J; i; S9 j原文在此：

& Q7 N# f/ j( mThe Layers
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2 `6 y2 H6 r% c0 k1 g; o) oI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
0 S) g1 _' a& E) L* rand I am not who I was,
  C  p9 B" X2 l2 z  Z* o2 I4 y6 D/ Uthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
# f+ n9 f+ s' T+ j" Qas I am compelled to look
, I, l9 h) M- C2 w1 q1 Rbefore I can gather strength
  y8 ^/ a$ L: P. Cto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
, x2 x  ?$ O. n, T* V9 `  d% |and the slow fires trailing
+ r! Y  o: I$ G) Q+ i* o8 f4 cfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
) S4 h* L+ P6 X6 \out of my true affections,
4 t( F* n2 L1 f4 g& s' p, p3 eand 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,
; w0 E  L' T# Cthose who fell along the way,
# ^/ F8 s$ k2 Y$ ~$ Pbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
' @/ T: K7 i! q. x9 w" Iexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
# ^( n' e0 x. i  g  Rwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
, v5 p& Z+ _3 ~+ `# e$ a0 Mprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
9 Z7 v$ q2 O- M" [8 Z( _- j6 Ywhen the moon was covered
2 ~4 q) K; A4 r) t) K) e! Qand I roamed through wreckage,
" p& I4 o% i6 L; [' ]8 m% Aa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
. J3 G9 Y5 x8 T# l, i5 Xnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
* j) C) I: w, A1 g7 ?3 B' X, ^; Xno doubt the next chapter
5 s5 r) K" x6 s+ g9 yin my book of transformations
; D7 h2 I7 B' kis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

( W! v( Q% P: Q0 F" R( J[ 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
3 Y" I. u# \" y7 I. |7 s你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

4 }* g7 p: Z, x& K' E0 r& u( z/ q
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
: x' E& u- A/ ]9 g谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

. B4 r7 W1 J1 ^+ z5 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