【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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I have walked through many websites,
6 Y" I4 k8 A9 B% _some of them I like,
, J! Z8 U) r8 v* S/ F- Sand some of them I do not like.
4 k! F9 L# `% c3 U& x6 |Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
1 \6 U7 D* C/ Z; g; gI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
2 L, K, o5 }3 L; r& v' b$ n) Vwith my will intact to go
/ u/ |, ?: @9 A) q8 X  Jwherever I need to go,
# |2 T9 J: L3 t; u1 o& @and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
+ G( a$ {) d" i& u- F  y( D/ e* uPrecious to me.
* U: X$ C& G2 yIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
" V0 J) P, Z. Qa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
& G) [/ ^4 q0 q3 ldirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
! T! ^, K4 [/ {( p' d# ~Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
# y6 r( u% T$ i+ j; d4 v& q$ _  JI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

8 v8 O" ?; ?4 i7 c  T原文在此：
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2 k6 m! R$ D- `" d4 X7 t: hThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
+ o% D- G- |8 Y0 {  [5 }. gsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
8 |) k" L; V- A% s: X/ Rthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
* D) {. m9 \. U  W7 d) g: K% wWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
/ i( I9 h2 @7 Lbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
7 ]" |7 W- k- }: r. KI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
; {2 u$ W7 y1 r0 V/ Pand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
( Q) _& d6 {3 J) _8 ~" Nover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
+ X+ z5 D1 F  r0 T% |2 y. hIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
. Z' |6 {/ v! W1 ~bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
) ]2 ~: X/ l. V0 l! Q& T7 p; m2 Awhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
& P0 a1 \: Y" B- uprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
" d: q+ T% M7 Y* B* Ywhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
9 X% x+ i. h$ v  W# N0 @# m- |9 }, aa nimbus-clouded voice
/ l" f+ n0 f' i9 I$ F2 vdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
/ D$ g4 ]6 i' dnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
! Y+ D  N, C% w9 c, ^0 q% y—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

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