【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。
' P3 {. w! x* K6 S  J# W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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1 L- q* I1 A3 w2 GI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
9 c4 y* G. C! [( ]( yOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
: d+ H: s! O" N! {4 C" Dout of his true affections.
2 r* q7 A* ]  @( E5 B) |I go, I go
8 F& }$ {0 e2 o- X3 {exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
& i! g' K& u/ B& x( w- A1 ?wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
0 B* f: }6 y( A. C) P& W/ e7 bIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
1 E& |. Y, B: B+ E  j% K/ qand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
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not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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4 U9 \6 N, \* `% M- V. E9 {5 TThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
( }$ `# N* T" uand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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7 t; e, k3 V% V$ z7 }# M9 Knot to stray.
! w( Q/ o9 D$ e  T, A: AWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
% {1 k5 D: {* d( K4 A4 g, Sto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
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and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
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,
  Q+ q! ]7 I: r. d2 \; J1 l! ^; dthose who fell along the way,
0 M* X1 C/ O: U! j. Jbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
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whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations
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% R( |3 X. o7 `& h. I7 BI am not done with my changes.
—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

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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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

& Z* V% D1 R4 D9 y' w( \5 X9 U! a2 n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