【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。
  r3 |1 N& _- _4 z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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  g1 u- r8 y2 y$ r$ F8 t    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
  ^) h0 Y/ e" |) m$ y( Usome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
# F, Q( }( F7 }, A5 cOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
" V; Z7 h$ q0 _I go, I go
: }8 \$ P2 I7 c3 v, xexulting somewhat,
2 ?. v- h* E$ D$ [- Ywith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
3 o9 q3 z; W! l- i6 D3 p- _and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
1 [6 B  g2 `# U9 F( jPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
/ f% N4 M; i5 ]0 x& {6 hand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
+ ^. u7 Q- u% F  F7 [directed me:
2 Z$ Z; V9 T# c! x# b) V$ |Live in the layers
, L2 o+ W, |. unot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
0 E. C5 V$ H* s8 {to decipher it,
' e; s" ^" `+ J  q4 Y* D3 _no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
* R/ X5 a0 s* r0 M$ bI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

2 t5 ^5 S: o0 ]0 {9 }8 G: S$ ?The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
' O. g) `3 d( i  Rsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
" Z) }7 v/ I% H/ [* cabides, from which I struggle
0 U/ a" y  ~* j, Fnot to stray.
+ d/ Y* s( ?. t. ?0 E) S. nWhen I look behind,
+ d" }; i9 ]4 n/ F, has I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
) G6 t- r+ ~/ R7 E8 L. Q5 tto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
, ~1 X( e0 P7 ~( `0 c0 L$ O/ Iover which scavenger angels
" n3 ?1 ?4 j. A$ d$ H6 Y! ewheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
/ v' n% l, i) c; @" tout of my true affections,
2 X5 S2 g, R% A8 p5 |4 qand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
/ T1 R9 k/ s( R& ~: ]the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
9 e7 O# r1 _$ `! z5 g: ]exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
$ L% r( T7 H, m* \: p9 Iwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
  j* E7 o4 S4 k* Sprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
% u6 U, ?1 ~  g4 Q) ]when the moon was covered
/ ?; D4 Z9 f3 V+ Mand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
" Y% \  n( Y0 |' r7 X& Adirected me:
$ a( s. j! b  ^4 {7 r+ @"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
( Y$ I2 v4 e8 d- n9 B9 |, S, E% {is already written.
* I# N' a! A8 C6 ?, O% `: z7 d/ \I am not done with my changes.
& \, K9 x. X- ?4 A( `/ w# i% r—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
& L, ^4 k0 P5 }0 w, X你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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

" g- R# o; x( x- X8 `2 B6 W3 C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