【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。
/ q5 i, \) Y# 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,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
8 \0 I8 ?/ }7 B+ B5 _Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
4 R3 ]* M) N& {9 j. I! _out of his true affections.
4 r( N  J4 X" i7 Z% d: nI go, I go
; _; o) ^8 l3 t. Sexulting somewhat,
6 I6 k$ G6 ~- k/ hwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
/ c) z! F4 I  `6 J9 c9 G; J( r) oIn my darkest night,
3 N$ F" @8 \+ U! Lwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
- _! K8 K2 O4 ra nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
+ @6 G$ i+ @2 d5 H! H4 q+ p+ cdirected me:
* x8 V4 ^. c# B' C- Z0 O+ ]* B+ ALive in the layers
not on the litter.
- m) H: l7 @- {) _Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
6 w9 X, }( `- c4 R& ?4 Hno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
, ]" l6 {8 ~: \  C: l9 ]is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
# T" q# I6 r" A6 v+ _* tand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
  b- w! ~7 Y4 r# M. r. uabides, from which I struggle
* x! Q4 h! [% w% q" ]- f7 p- e& }not to stray.
$ X' Q! F# A  jWhen I look behind,
3 o, `3 u, [+ O% S8 las I am compelled to look
4 ]# J  Q0 `) V0 t; ~$ L; lbefore I can gather strength
' ^9 g- W  j8 m6 J+ o# Hto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
5 U- i0 f9 r) W( ~9 T8 K$ G. Stoward the horizon
- f3 i; _% ~/ g* Yand the slow fires trailing
0 H( V: e+ ?7 F9 n; @0 v& t2 }3 y; r  Efrom the abandoned camp-sites,
# b8 `2 K* ~+ t2 iover which scavenger angels
. s8 k  t0 ]0 |, s2 mwheel on heavy wings.
$ s+ A& n3 a# v  ^  v" COh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
$ b" z4 y- M5 \8 W: T9 _8 w1 ^How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
; ^, R! j/ C1 E! q' jIn a rising wind
& `9 Y9 d, |+ Z* [: Y/ b  ]the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
6 h; D/ i" {/ t$ b4 R3 DYet I turn, I turn,
4 z. R3 v, D0 Mexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
2 @' B2 O2 N0 X6 Aprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
, [- s2 _* ?; w. s& x$ Q* ^when the moon was covered
# S5 H7 {# e- E" U; ~! I* A- vand I roamed through wreckage,
! u+ r8 X8 U$ T9 n  Ba nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
2 w' D4 @+ v$ P* @3 p! c5 F  b2 @$ \not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
2 \' e! D# g5 B/ G4 @4 hno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
* w  |( \( |2 a/ B—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

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
; }, U" V$ d8 |( l谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

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