【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。
- X: ^! M: Y  Z4 Z% E- {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



. Z: ]  {# N; L) E: ^/ @. t    The layers
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7 N7 S3 Q4 ?8 o! U" U- ?* L7 XI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
8 `* _; C  j! p. D+ {7 \Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
/ }! B1 l3 m' j% S& tout of his true affections.
I go, I go
% \; \4 \* z) q/ f  d5 T6 [5 [! o, eexulting somewhat,
3 K7 ~" v) s% s- v8 H7 n; p0 p/ [with my will intact to go
9 T6 H: c* h+ l* ]: ?9 v, F: Rwherever I need to go,
- \5 I" q& H$ p7 m7 Hand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
, H& d9 D3 W& }! kIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
- v1 p. L7 ^/ C; z9 }, w) @a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
! t, _# L4 ^5 l2 ?directed me:
- r7 A1 v! y/ u$ |4 I2 ~Live in the layers
1 o6 k# @3 W% X4 h3 ynot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
6 k% I- @, [, m. lno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
0 X" t, x& W( B5 m4 O/ ?; ]is already written.
3 p. T2 M5 l8 E6 iI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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/ D" G! b" N) a' G. rThe Layers
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4 k6 H; r) q7 E  g0 f& h: U$ nI have walked through many lives,
0 x4 c# J3 ~$ V( e4 Fsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
: K' c4 g  |, lthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
7 e' p1 `  @! H5 unot to stray.
" A% Y8 ?  z: O5 f. r9 l; kWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
  p, s4 Y3 R, _% |5 ?before I can gather strength
' x7 K6 n+ \: kto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
$ N6 q1 {9 n" }1 v6 _from the abandoned camp-sites,
' Z; i" B, ?. l/ F" t0 v. |1 hover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
/ \2 |* ?9 w9 aOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
( f) N( X) C1 p& S8 x  m& ]to its feast of losses?
( ?* g' d1 m% i6 B. SIn a rising wind
3 D. X$ Y# g) M2 n: X  v" wthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
3 G( N0 {, p; P, G' A: Ewith my will intact to go
: ?$ s6 W  J4 [" v, q  Fwhereever I need to go,
0 Q/ X3 H2 x( J* N  a; X& W, {and every stone on the road
precious to me.
; E- L; Y5 W2 kIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
* c+ a8 U! T+ _+ V  O6 ]- q1 ia nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
; J8 n( F9 ^7 B5 P3 _6 n"Live in the layers,
' V: y% Z/ A( O/ ^not on the litter."
1 {' x/ `- L& t# B* \+ t! IThough I lack the art
, s( ?- j/ K( k  T8 I$ h4 N# |4 sto decipher it,
" ^, O; \# [1 g8 @no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
* q* s. `1 f% N: m# Lis already written.
) L6 @$ C1 h( V9 _I am not done with my changes.
& f& _; D8 |" T8 r—Stanley Kunitz

4 t! }0 l" B4 D% S[ 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
8 f, Q* H. h, J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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! t* q+ q+ A/ V" G/ X5 B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
3 w# W/ z( ~2 B4 E& I谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

+ ~" q. g3 S7 n5 e; E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