【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。
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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  j6 M) A* X+ N# c8 H( ]    The layers

5 M% e' E( k" b5 z2 ZI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
8 I) W3 \. r$ s9 T: e5 SOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
/ X# `& d4 ^6 S$ K5 @( `out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
8 L) J7 k' }5 Z% G2 w- c( R4 vwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
4 {+ R' b, I7 b: wPrecious to me.
% Z8 Q1 F; E3 c5 S4 R' \; x2 tIn my darkest night,
0 ^, B( b! r/ E+ g6 {, H$ [when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
; Z/ Z  R5 i9 S7 J" Va nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
- L% w0 c7 `$ a4 W* F" ELive in the layers
3 ~' A0 l- N  \' A' Hnot on the litter.
# |. d% s0 z) D/ _+ n1 l2 @8 FThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
! _3 `+ q' G' j$ x) p+ ]no doubt the next chaper
, K" c  C6 I2 [0 kin my book of transformations
4 J* f7 }; t" X" N0 ?is already written.
4 J- A' k% a' C4 m, B5 [2 ]I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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! _& O8 I; c: n) s$ b4 ]原文在此：
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- {, O9 h+ J, S5 u, `: _. FThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
3 D0 V7 ]; k# {) l9 K; B0 Dsome of them my own,
1 q3 e0 D- E8 a8 t) fand I am not who I was,
! F# a: a; w1 K4 X" ]8 E2 O9 Xthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
9 Y! x/ d: S: a: Hnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
( E7 Z9 }% s/ ]0 M: K- Obefore I can gather strength
' ?7 g7 c: Y  |* kto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
/ c$ q- J$ k8 X8 T$ Yfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
: ^$ S2 X" @" L. h3 Dover which scavenger angels
& ^$ [0 y1 P3 W9 S# r, bwheel on heavy wings.
5 K  e% [% w9 W6 mOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
5 e/ a+ c' p+ m& `, cand my tribe is scattered!
: T& V% \7 s1 ~, NHow shall the heart be reconciled
/ b# O8 [5 y( r8 x/ yto its feast of losses?
; p) _0 I" e0 g4 u! EIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
8 M+ q+ y" x3 H; {bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
" t& h! I4 x; T: \7 `! xexulting somewhat,
9 {: W( v( G$ ]: L- _1 u9 Iwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
; |7 n: F+ G* Xprecious to me.
2 b* {' d. @6 L" [In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
# t3 s! u* m7 B  s4 Zand I roamed through wreckage,
, T6 @1 N# G! X, T+ ?5 U9 Ma nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
5 d/ l4 a( K& h; f& a" bnot on the litter."
5 z7 f  t7 ^7 R# R, C$ CThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
) Y; a  V1 @8 K2 k1 x, y9 t0 rno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
% H( D9 W' N) G7 s3 X0 m6 @$ s—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
2 |- S4 u' C2 J5 J4 _你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

( B) q/ T9 G8 |1 T  S" m  z) a4 |
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
+ c7 y9 A# Y, \8 [9 z谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

% X1 T6 L) d' N. Z5 g. U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