【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



    The layers
, V9 ]* a# w* U0 k  X) b2 ~
+ r" Z7 N7 \* U  kI have walked through many websites,
1 B/ W3 M0 v& D* ^3 ?some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
% W' _3 k& L2 y3 n% k/ i0 qOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
/ }: }% G/ |/ {exulting somewhat,
& v1 z  m9 R  ~0 ^0 ?with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
/ a7 M2 n: C( jand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
4 I* |1 T5 H' B/ L$ S" c4 g5 dPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
" j3 c% G- l6 ~0 U3 ^a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
" B+ G9 t8 {9 n0 T# QThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
2 g) Q- ^, \- Bin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
: Q4 t" {. W5 ^9 {! ]- o% Uand I am not who I was,
1 L. n# [) y5 K1 w2 tthough some principle of being
' e0 f' y3 d, F5 ?" v. tabides, from which I struggle
! q* K4 B9 E. E0 g; Pnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
: C! j8 n2 @: Z" q/ C, l! Wbefore I can gather strength
3 ~* R* V. r+ F6 `to proceed on my journey,
9 t# s8 f0 }  B6 S( f* d3 nI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
' A' d) g% B! I4 @; O2 @and the slow fires trailing
/ s* W% f1 o+ x  O4 }from the abandoned camp-sites,
& T5 N2 g" Z9 A" ?, O! }  jover which scavenger angels
  F% p9 ^% P/ Twheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
- k$ N9 y4 w/ Rout of my true affections,
1 r) h1 {0 M9 c7 G1 Kand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
3 Q& I9 y) u; }" M3 T: b) c2 Hto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
* L; `: i& P8 W7 c# a0 sexulting somewhat,
4 j) z; H# H# P4 Nwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
, B" n* ]  _6 h9 I! T4 @: e; s( r, {In my darkest night,
( [; Q0 l8 o! Xwhen the moon was covered
; M1 x0 C% R+ a& O0 i! q0 J( w2 Land I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
% W$ d  s* c5 \' ]  Y- O7 Jdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
9 a8 \% E. V% u7 b, ~no doubt the next chapter
! z- H/ H5 ^" k! r& r( qin my book of transformations
is already written.
$ R9 O: R7 e( x, _6 @  N6 z) {; {I 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
8 A8 S0 H! ?+ v, W你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

; ~3 D$ w- O. T( l  U! ~- \$ Y9 u
' e! D% [# I* y8 }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
9 O" B* ?1 s: a' T0 ]谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

) d- Z: V+ x2 |2 K( [6 n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