【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。
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; ]( z+ J9 k  W  A$ f' i7 iI have walked through many websites,
! A; W% Q' q: C3 @some of them I like,
4 @) Q" a9 r$ }1 J1 tand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! C+ I; H5 f7 w6 W/ o" C* Kout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
4 }1 A& N9 z& G1 Swith my will intact to go
, W1 Q7 K8 h9 Q) v/ Qwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
: T; H0 {% i) y# M' w8 i% fand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
1 s8 m7 r' _% V: C+ g+ Enot on the litter.
( }5 a1 Y1 ?3 n+ g1 d9 xThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
- l1 u  L' ~* V1 Y, G& k: b6 iin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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$ C: F( \5 }. ^# t8 U1 Y0 UThe Layers

/ |" c- t  Y- Q, Y; J" d3 S8 VI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
6 Y# n' p) b- R! D, s& B& R" Gand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
# o- p; z1 C& ^% O( anot to stray.
! W+ _; H% H6 z5 M' U) SWhen I look behind,
8 [6 S2 m" U& v4 N0 r8 N6 {1 |as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
  N3 O+ ]: V- Kto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
- i- O- [" e' P! _( h9 w% Uand the slow fires trailing
2 |) Y3 N$ {% M: W3 q% Z7 z) gfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
$ Q7 n* ~& n: @7 Swheel on heavy wings.
' ]) z& c9 r7 \2 L- L; U7 ?Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
( V4 n1 S( z& C6 z: l' bto its feast of losses?
1 y+ g' f' r3 a' |4 d( Z6 y& xIn a rising wind
5 C' E" v3 l1 l. \. o6 nthe manic dust of my friends,
3 ?4 N7 {# G* r4 {& y% G7 g( f) q# Bthose who fell along the way,
( K- E) ?: x1 I( W2 cbitterly stings my face.
! H4 L1 O# }4 s1 \4 j) ~6 [Yet I turn, I turn,
8 M5 m8 f; t; A( y0 Wexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
& T  L' R! ]2 i" w  Iprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
% [% T( \* A: \& r) N# S6 u* A# f6 ^when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
' [. z; d% z! p6 j" X9 t( RThough I lack the art
( q9 A3 D" k# O# g0 P6 T% p! A+ Eto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I 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
" P+ O4 U: P; A  X2 n9 n. D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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1 D9 ^; t- I! r& O2 T9 i* 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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

$ C5 S+ C0 n2 a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