【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。
# n, c/ ?  F! h3 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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  e1 x+ Z2 t$ ?- w: ?1 I$ y& f: H$ }    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
$ {( S3 R' T% ]- i3 z5 G( y. Nexulting somewhat,
/ j/ N2 ?3 \0 [. dwith my will intact to go
6 ^/ o% h, w( I' {. x4 Zwherever I need to go,
/ A3 K! d2 z: s" E6 P6 aand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
/ s' f# O% u# ]# }# J- Q. ~4 s( MIn my darkest night,
% F9 |* Z( {5 v, u! Owhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
/ U" T3 B& v* f- T8 S" yLive in the layers
5 ^: {$ e' e2 s7 I2 L. F! jnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
' ]; z1 l+ d' q' s" F" I2 xno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

3 T4 h( E4 b0 r2 Z( }The Layers

/ i  c9 Y$ B1 PI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
, p) o: m+ @# P0 c, [2 S0 Unot to stray.
When I look behind,
  c& i: i* i3 r+ g3 i- T! `" c7 P1 Mas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
. t5 y3 D3 @5 t/ i% m8 r  A% vtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
4 r: e# k+ K+ T: lfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
8 t* e6 f* Y  ?: kover which scavenger angels
# a5 D- y8 Q/ z' Y1 Owheel on heavy wings.
- O; z& N$ |" q: XOh, 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?
4 f* H$ K7 h4 Z6 H  |In a rising wind
; B; X5 d/ N. @the manic dust of my friends,
$ _5 u7 d5 M6 C+ S3 \0 r7 Xthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
; Q- o+ a& H$ J# sYet I turn, I turn,
2 P4 z( V7 D$ y0 z5 l# k. P9 k6 Jexulting somewhat,
- Z, U0 F9 p+ O4 B" @2 x4 ywith my will intact to go
$ d, ^8 T, l& W0 A* _- Y+ @3 O# iwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
- B2 C4 D$ H1 o) j0 pprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
8 J" L2 A* A1 _' Gdirected me:
8 B* n& [# ]  R9 W  y4 F"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 J# z4 I! @7 s/ fno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
8 a, s! T" t0 p& P: ?' d& ]—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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" U& I3 j% a: K/ J4 D) U+ i* Z5 x& \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
, }$ B9 m( ]: G5 q, M9 [8 r9 y3 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