【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 n4 b! f4 f- L- H$ `6 m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

1 |! k$ G7 N/ Z! h' @I have walked through many websites,
7 J% B/ Y: f/ Z: w8 asome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
' {; C7 |+ d! F- a% K/ @: ^# l8 yOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
- ~* j2 p  D. f# y+ P# }4 Aout of his true affections.
I go, I go
( I' H1 r9 G9 i' P$ g  zexulting somewhat,
# Y( |3 a4 t  m5 d; J, C% L2 Rwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
  @* E5 H% L3 B  WPrecious to me.
0 ?6 [$ Z4 P/ @2 b+ n, yIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
3 G" V) d, B$ R2 ia nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
6 q6 d% w  K& F0 h1 Vdirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
2 e  b$ F8 U3 E% K+ w  Hto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
+ A5 v& S8 L- q) W6 W0 P5 Wis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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) l: O" k% T9 S! l' l1 tThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
2 ?0 l0 {8 |" \; Z7 ssome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
, @( s# v  x! J# F0 L0 A, Gthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
! R6 N8 G9 x' s8 h* U. J7 e3 knot to stray.
3 \: L4 @- f1 ~1 ~( K+ fWhen I look behind,
8 O1 r3 K" E1 |- ~  h! Las I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
; B5 B( `: _, l* X* ?. OI see the milestones dwindling
% h" ~7 V) g0 f& E& E1 |& B$ }toward the horizon
9 W4 G* D0 h* E5 J1 Z# I) Kand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
! \/ M$ ]1 n4 S5 d+ ~over which scavenger angels
! ]8 a6 ^% R! t) l- \6 c4 d# ~wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
8 ?4 c9 G9 i( z& ?( |; Kout of my true affections,
" D2 X3 [7 F; U5 oand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
/ C; t. n6 `( {9 z/ ^, Qto its feast of losses?
1 N* {0 K0 V' `# ]+ xIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
) K* \' t* {' n. c% ]3 t# abitterly stings my face.
, \: K  r, a2 b- r! C6 \Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
' g7 Q% F0 P/ f; Z' l$ \3 t! wwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
# j8 Y1 N& @  X- u0 C: o  band every stone on the road
9 B# P2 H2 p" n  ]; q' \) k% Xprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
; s& A; l4 p  }  l# Q; [when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
+ B( u% {* O  q; Z2 L% X! C6 c: tnot on the litter."
  A) f/ {  O" M8 m' Z# {Though I lack the art
( j( p+ [7 [* _; P8 Hto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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, E7 E+ y2 e1 {, ~$ v8 k0 |; mI am not done with my changes.
& U* e1 Y6 s& _1 v& ^& N$ @5 R—Stanley Kunitz

1 x8 Q0 k4 O$ n1 j; R* }[ 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

6 X7 Z; \, p+ k. ~: L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
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