【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。
2 _, m6 @4 a% Y0 t) ~/ m  \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

8 _' G! v0 H$ M" ^9 [I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
* B+ J5 z, o" H' d# N. aand some of them I do not like.
% S; S# |* |5 b! i- E* GOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! ]1 V7 ^- E3 B: q/ Hout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
2 a; `& G5 N5 M& Iwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
: U- ^9 n0 o$ Y5 y- i6 M3 E; O; x7 YPrecious to me.
3 d$ L  E( i3 N8 \' N+ T8 n8 sIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
% v' x( x4 B4 v* Z9 R7 [and I roamed through websites,
% u5 Y# R# i6 Oa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
* p6 [4 E9 O2 O( t' c6 Nnot on the litter.
- j9 O; a; n+ O. X! p9 p, CThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
4 ?: Z4 F! v# v6 n2 k7 `in my book of transformations
( \- Q" Z: [5 r1 a% y7 \is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
8 R% u+ K( z7 g4 T7 g
% }( v% y/ m  _: \% |# ^The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
! O  L3 i1 ^8 r; z1 v4 ]( Fand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
3 ^" X$ p  s9 h  V! J* ?to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
$ R8 ?* d; B' h6 r2 h) Vtoward the horizon
( v, C; O) \1 f2 P3 Y6 Q) Land the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
9 ?. V/ C; n! B( JOh, I have made myself a tribe
/ X/ I' ^  K$ g9 G4 ]7 u: b0 tout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
% ~" G: ^- k0 Y* M3 ito its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
% k* o/ x1 S4 w7 Othose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
) x3 h! Z/ o8 P8 @# Y% y7 ]with my will intact to go
7 a& y: W4 t( v- ]whereever I need to go,
* ^2 c; h$ ?, L$ r5 G) \' M) xand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
; ?) X9 m5 |. j7 Y' e& Pa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
( H7 r  g$ C/ K/ F) F/ x4 [not on the litter."
3 K/ m8 ]6 U# P9 G; p7 TThough I lack the art
1 r' d: K) L; {# u% S" @to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
1 `1 \3 }' v/ ^( r7 K0 Zis already written.
  n. X& ~& r" J0 i% z/ nI am not done with my changes.
/ e0 ~1 a' V' l% f—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

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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

3 A& _+ a7 t+ Q# V& \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