【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。
7 {# h9 K: \5 A7 _) o, P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



    The layers

) r% t+ q( j) nI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
& p" @, x: K! z/ Wout of his true affections.
8 E1 d' Y+ M, b9 e8 y! aI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
4 G% L9 g2 z3 v7 U5 v( c5 ?7 {with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
/ v. B9 w, [3 u' `and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
3 d! Q4 V* i3 K+ H  {directed me:
( q: S" E4 J1 U+ G7 e0 BLive in the layers
not on the litter.
' V/ @, r8 W& Q7 @0 g* d# i' |Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
3 w7 Q2 U& s" L( BI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

! s: `' K% d* x) u' J& p) E原文在此：
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The Layers
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4 s0 o: [4 s. [2 S9 v" B( W0 LI have walked through many lives,
7 j+ U6 B( N2 J/ p3 P) T% ?2 Ksome of them my own,
and 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
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
, D6 Z7 Z1 ?' m% E; r% m6 q3 q. afrom the abandoned camp-sites,
5 t: u  i  F- G, J5 Zover which scavenger angels
7 B0 r  o# P6 P3 b; \2 L) ]wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
$ R/ s1 f; W' v8 v# {1 K, Rand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
( ?) N) e: q' b! |% t/ Nto its feast of losses?
; j2 T2 z5 R7 H2 u5 kIn a rising wind
) `2 g& t4 c7 K8 athe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
  p- w$ I& U% ~/ K# pbitterly stings my face.
: [/ J7 z+ e9 V) c9 ZYet I turn, I turn,
, {# d1 B  W7 \# d: eexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
3 I! h/ k7 ]( v- J$ W  awhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
3 `3 m  E* _& o+ G4 f% K0 ^precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
% N% Y8 M1 L" a: @0 R/ s7 _directed me:
"Live in the layers,
# @% J% C3 Z- l0 d# x4 I  r6 P% Enot on the litter."
% t. C8 ?6 a4 y! E3 O  ]& rThough I lack the art
' d9 l9 ^! q; ]3 ~. H( \) U' oto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
3 m% u+ H, C+ X! Y: Tin my book of transformations
4 n1 p, Z% c$ g" Ois already written.
3 l; k" [$ W" B- VI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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8 h% {6 q3 @! p8 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
$ [* q9 }: G/ y4 y: U5 [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
+ S" J' M! R) q! i" X谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

7 O6 S6 x8 B) l: x# Z' 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