【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。
6 T$ [+ z: d' ^3 X# g3 q4 d$ ^+ f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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1 B, Q6 c5 h4 `9 p    The layers

1 j  Q, F# P! l; Q+ G. o3 }! hI have walked through many websites,
, e& |- @6 G: R8 \! fsome of them I like,
9 e: h$ t! m1 H0 Y% j, C# p/ c" u5 wand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
- d9 m! X: y+ b" W" uI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
# k7 P. F1 Y5 @  R/ c" `( Uwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
7 O: F6 X- f5 {/ o. F( S$ r6 v- iPrecious to me.
+ {& X# L' s& U: W0 r6 L. qIn my darkest night,
3 P/ u/ {( ^  k2 n8 c% a7 ]( bwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
8 \. B! {  G0 H& Edirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
& {! o# i7 ~" N% I$ b  K' D# UThough I lack the art
1 _/ k% e" P9 F4 Y* Wto decipher it,
7 h) S" c' s5 U. D3 mno doubt the next chaper
0 k) j+ _( Z; E5 vin my book of transformations
2 M! u) K% B7 @* Iis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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5 `1 r: L4 G+ C" [6 T6 k% U0 VThe Layers
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) \& D/ T, v0 d; \I have walked through many lives,
  z+ F3 Q* c, b+ g) {+ @8 Fsome of them my own,
1 q8 N4 a+ f+ S4 E+ Q+ uand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
& Q, `1 U$ r4 Mabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
7 C/ w3 {8 A3 F) \" @6 X+ j  pWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
4 N( a. y4 \) O  w' wto proceed on my journey,
2 F5 V, h# H% r% g: y3 ZI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
: a4 `6 }: G: f, l8 Ffrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
% U; y5 w* k4 K% X4 VOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
+ m# f2 `' K8 N& @7 U0 xand my tribe is scattered!
% L4 h) d" v, \How shall the heart be reconciled
8 H1 z8 w& H/ ^5 q  V7 }/ wto its feast of losses?
- X- W8 [/ |- o8 ]2 w" HIn a rising wind
) H3 R6 L+ v/ Y" ethe manic dust of my friends,
6 {7 V4 \$ n: i- D) C& m; qthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
( U; E1 h% g2 G3 k7 R, }- S2 ^! HYet I turn, I turn,
+ G/ l- w9 S: a  O+ f* \exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
) [0 _# |4 q: Rwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
) y: m1 y1 t9 X) M- Y3 JIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
6 c0 K& p0 k9 N/ O7 Oand I roamed through wreckage,
$ c  A/ q5 d. W$ l4 Q" K- Va nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
0 _( w3 }4 K# q) t9 znot on the litter."
) k+ b+ O; {7 f" ]( j8 IThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
* v& v) r: p6 h+ O  l2 B7 D' L' hin my book of transformations
9 R% {3 P/ C+ L5 D. k% |5 _0 X. gis already written.
8 d  ?: v2 d( |) }5 KI am not done with my changes.
' o+ K  D- H8 l+ H  f—Stanley Kunitz
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' o- T2 ^/ d; A' C  `+ X2 z; O[ 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
% U4 J, X9 |1 z$ t: U6 t$ A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
0 ]; }+ {, c6 g5 d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