【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。
3 N4 B$ ~- e7 t4 A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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# t4 t; x$ G% ^2 a& O. u# v2 z    The layers

5 ^) f6 Q5 w: E9 q% v4 ~8 b' x$ CI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
8 X0 N0 q1 D( E0 C& W- @4 k7 nand some of them I do not like.
3 D; |5 r0 g  i, B& y- jOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
  p' A7 Y0 t0 d) Y. Y3 F2 dwherever I need to go,
$ C) v1 p) s! ~! m; c! F5 Mand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
: x6 P9 ~, f. q% nPrecious to me.
0 v% T9 R7 g$ s4 A. Y& y9 v1 M8 ]In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
* ?. T" Q4 G4 S+ X5 XLive in the layers
' c( H& s5 I3 T7 D3 fnot on the litter.
2 n, F/ X$ x' m+ M& L4 u! o, G3 oThough I lack the art
1 o# a, z2 ?2 a9 Pto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
+ n0 R/ h: j: _# e" \in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

  _* N" e+ L( h  Y9 s3 a( ^原文在此：
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7 e, u6 `$ Q7 S, r4 pThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
( k! a, ]" K, O- {5 c+ Xthough some principle of being
0 U2 y) ?/ o& w7 yabides, from which I struggle
) J2 j1 A/ o, D8 Qnot to stray.
, U9 M- L/ K, J% o% _& d1 D) {& ^When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
/ X' b7 {. Z3 N8 D3 E* {3 s6 bI see the milestones dwindling
* S  p3 s! f1 ?" J* g/ _toward the horizon
- q5 G' g) }) N" G) v0 |6 Band the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
. c  ]; V# u7 L! e) A0 q% N+ ~+ S2 Kwheel on heavy wings.
$ V0 h- A  `1 J5 L3 L$ rOh, I have made myself a tribe
& E3 a/ K0 p, e& y. ?, Lout of my true affections,
7 `( M# Y1 S4 r% aand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
8 T4 v  A% N* }# u$ jto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
4 w2 o2 \6 j# f  Cthe manic dust of my friends,
. E0 X1 b1 p/ r1 v- p5 Ethose who fell along the way,
5 V0 X( x/ O+ X4 S7 Obitterly stings my face.
8 e9 l/ F! T7 |' c7 @/ jYet I turn, I turn,
9 L- o) Q$ J2 @9 @* K4 Kexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
# d9 p3 g, I! |- jand every stone on the road
  i3 ^4 t" U$ [precious to me.
' ^1 ]$ t1 z0 \: [In my darkest night,
; b; R) c3 p; I" Q0 Jwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
5 s1 `* H* J0 w/ ^Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
( z+ E! k& O  l" k) l0 [6 U  Bno doubt the next chapter
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is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
& y' N& n1 C, P0 |  y& }% v—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

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
& t6 K0 n# ~* @# f谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

2 Q' |% T: F; {1 V, G5 i& t% ^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