【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。
0 r7 j0 C+ k: H9 L4 ~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

! \# B" n+ Z& Y+ P# D2 }I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
+ u  {" N3 n6 R1 B9 ]" A! b) @: uand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
# j, x* w6 Q& {) T( ~" texulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
+ d6 @  L) q" d* a+ r, t. Tand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
4 }; _: I  o1 l, I0 rPrecious to me.
' C. Y0 [) Q" {0 N4 v( |In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
- G+ u: _  s9 u% S& J0 pa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
( @) \) N" W& s4 c( M. ^3 \! x) LLive in the layers
/ y7 n" i$ h" U" |not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
. R4 y1 w+ c1 K2 \to decipher it,
5 F/ m5 P  r% a* g5 Pno doubt the next chaper
" G, l) T/ O9 y- zin my book of transformations
is already written.
& P2 ?4 G) z  p( F) _I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

1 m/ T" n6 ^( f: \) A$ s% b. u原文在此：

% k6 ?  l8 {  e  `6 D! `  w& sThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
0 d3 V6 r* ~2 @, Y$ L* pabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
! b; \6 `( \' K  GWhen I look behind,
6 m; I, P0 A4 |& W& has I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
: w' {/ J) Y; Y9 `- e& @  aI see the milestones dwindling
, P+ A' ]' {2 f+ X+ t1 [toward the horizon
% W2 J9 W9 N" e" n' |' z  ?5 qand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
. ]' A* a/ j8 A2 Q" \over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
, k6 n1 P3 `9 G: Q5 v5 Rout of my true affections,
+ M% {: ]0 p/ u7 Pand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
  r1 G0 v" S1 v$ Hto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
3 f+ e& Z7 ?' |) }" T1 L" Z& Sthe manic dust of my friends,
  q3 Q7 N2 J6 i7 e* G$ V$ rthose who fell along the way,
. g, ?5 ?+ p7 P' _8 v6 tbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
- l, q; ]. D7 ]& |9 k' }2 T/ ^, m0 lexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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In my darkest night,
, [5 u7 ~8 E. i, G& p0 S; m, S- v7 pwhen the moon was covered
- W3 m0 d) D& P2 M4 R" tand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
9 W  c: W, v. g/ w& V"Live in the layers,
8 D, \2 Q; ?/ m4 L0 c0 |not on the litter."
, [1 s  m0 n( G$ U2 j/ aThough I lack the art
) q$ `8 {5 {+ s+ ?- K7 {to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
+ O1 q. X$ j+ l$ l7 E7 rin my book of transformations
7 v: l3 Z2 i- Z& A+ Z* Mis already written.
" }! n' N2 ^+ |% R* N, tI am not done with my changes.
  r+ |* g5 \1 H1 ^' J. l—Stanley Kunitz

& r' ?' |# a' I# ^" G[ 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
' J: v$ _' u1 Y, t# N4 Q! F7 O( x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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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

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