【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。
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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! N' e# W, f2 C5 J4 f% X, uI have walked through many websites,
& G0 L( }% A( e% N8 h3 r2 n. \some of them I like,
* t  ^+ z& A' j# vand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
0 q. k3 t, ?8 t2 yout of his true affections.
* `( x3 V9 ~; [I go, I go
( a; y, v% a! d4 O1 Zexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
1 I8 t5 E+ ?" l9 i3 {" D$ Rwherever I need to go,
! N) Q. v9 u+ d( D$ B; b, b% fand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
7 A8 V$ D$ O2 J7 e& Y# rand I roamed through websites,
7 b# E7 k4 ?7 `7 na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
, N7 }( v: g8 B5 @Live in the layers
5 X6 u) Y; Y" j' x) i/ lnot on the litter.
1 ]: ]% n7 I5 `1 sThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
) A2 V4 I3 t  |; [! @6 f( R& ^no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
1 `$ I0 l" k4 s# F( f7 \is already written.
) P3 V2 `1 C$ C8 k4 q. mI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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$ n' g# f% g3 T. t- Q, KThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
( p) J% k( Y  T+ @and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
4 o2 i  l$ @8 j3 X7 f4 {+ C4 [( n; Gabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
' ]$ c9 [) a  @/ vI see the milestones dwindling
9 x( S. q' L8 Xtoward the horizon
$ x- Z  Q+ O$ R  y, rand the slow fires trailing
5 J$ Y; i/ q; d; vfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
% V7 V. T* z) O5 b+ I7 G: t* Zover which scavenger angels
' b' {& U3 ]: Y( e1 h* O5 c: wwheel on heavy wings.
% V6 T7 b% O' P1 u3 e) JOh, I have made myself a tribe
% e& \9 e/ R. G6 u; Xout of my true affections,
% Q, ^2 l9 f/ e' @/ W  Tand my tribe is scattered!
7 L% J* g* b& }  a+ h8 E& ^How shall the heart be reconciled
$ n) @3 A9 ^# D* }to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
7 B) ?* U% W) ^2 c6 qthe manic dust of my friends,
8 z1 |& r. _# t8 Z2 Ithose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
. h- o" D" l7 Wexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
. b4 W7 [6 k; ?, I. C( {, B) E1 ewhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
0 o/ j3 C3 V  r* G0 l( y& uprecious to me.
# S# C# l: N$ y' T( yIn my darkest night,
0 x+ v! Z$ R( \. J  X/ z4 uwhen the moon was covered
8 L7 [+ I$ \  i- A* ~* u2 X$ T  zand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
& m) V% E, Q6 R: V' Pnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
3 ?+ {1 v! ]6 h. [# q( l. @in my book of transformations
; m6 X% c7 f" D+ d, Z6 J% Kis already written.
- {  R6 e+ O4 r8 r1 j% XI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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
2 D; a  o4 J/ D0 ~+ }$ M2 w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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) M" L5 H, T3 ?" J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
' E+ O; I" Q/ j. S2 x谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

& i3 ~. z5 x. u: O  `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