【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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" j8 Z$ w8 p# i, t2 n$ c: A    The layers

8 k7 Y3 }9 U3 K# vI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
2 D7 c4 Q1 \" U4 h, l. g1 F# Q* JOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
( W, k. p8 N: D7 B: E: t, W7 Rout of his true affections.
/ K7 _+ R* b: ^1 v) AI go, I go
& I  s/ T( K0 Bexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
3 Z/ A" m& i% a$ B/ V& l2 qand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
& e/ Z& X. c; h0 E# l  lPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
; {$ F3 {. [: z' ^when the moon was covered
. d  r. s# ^! s2 }( I1 [and I roamed through websites,
2 h3 Z: b  k* i2 F, ]a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
9 p5 g! t) e! l, ]2 Jdirected me:
* P4 B, h5 `% n, p3 VLive in the layers
( L7 U; K$ g, P( ?' U9 A$ cnot on the litter.
9 p  s! l6 f6 }( @+ SThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
; y( R* @* @5 a" R  hI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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) r( u7 o5 T5 M2 e原文在此：

! u& Y# I. O+ D/ l* U! AThe Layers

* w  H/ J' x1 u2 [" T, ?$ Y! MI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
( D; y. k( f, G4 Q3 l( O7 Ithough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
8 `$ J6 y+ D. w7 Hbefore I can gather strength
, h! [- J- A0 c, ]; G3 tto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
& P, P8 s2 F' M$ `+ g$ F: S& Ofrom the abandoned camp-sites,
% Q4 I* x! C: _5 cover which scavenger angels
8 v9 b4 j1 k8 k" B; ]% A! ~$ }wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
: z5 z; ~) N- j0 L# J. N4 Sout of my true affections,
4 l/ w0 j9 @- F4 ?7 E) Nand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
( F) k, o# A: N3 }the manic dust of my friends,
: e1 d1 _8 ^; O& h4 Ithose who fell along the way,
; y& d0 f5 _% X- E9 k( j) I7 o+ H& dbitterly stings my face.
3 z4 b0 F  ~4 W: f9 FYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
- l; P. k( X8 G# qand every stone on the road
2 Y+ ^7 V7 k$ K: dprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
/ M; Y% M& G: z3 F) [8 }when the moon was covered
: X# ^/ `/ U4 Y: B( Wand I roamed through wreckage,
, ]( L# [8 O0 B- Y9 ^* Da nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
, r/ \$ q0 i; k) M  Enot on the litter."
. D, g  o2 `, H9 v8 {% V) wThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
- k& d; I8 Y: f0 wno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
/ _( `7 v2 n& F& V! R* R% dis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
" b6 V7 @. C8 ~$ V—Stanley Kunitz
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0 e0 X3 r' @* P. y/ x, q[ 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
' X# _4 b: i; r9 T9 E2 W你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

2 v! K6 Y# b# _, ^- p
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
. }* m  ^$ n, G: A3 a谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

3 a" ]' v$ ]6 Y/ q# b! 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