【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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    The layers

6 G$ w5 c" G: y' n* @I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
2 \# s% Z) N3 R" P2 d) \and some of them I do not like.
- s/ U5 i" u4 O) FOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
/ l6 S+ S- X. Pout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
( p0 r8 j6 U: B& n0 P1 s8 ewith my will intact to go
/ ^0 L' Q3 y( h& J% J; ]8 uwherever I need to go,
. j7 l: E) b; l4 N" w2 ?# mand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
# G3 K+ i7 A2 _% r4 `4 {In my darkest night,
+ V- h9 _3 h; p0 U) w0 w4 fwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
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Live in the layers
not on the litter.
# f2 T' p) I$ u* f! CThough I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
7 a( ^2 O; V. u/ B+ q1 kin my book of transformations
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+ }% P% t1 ]- B* X6 k/ ~I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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5 ]5 g4 p! r# u5 u) k( lThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
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though some principle of being
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When I look behind,
9 W( y/ ~/ F  Y+ ?: u/ w# v% aas I am compelled to look
) v0 O6 [; r6 A; w3 Hbefore I can gather strength
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6 w" M( L# T8 jI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
! x  g0 q5 N, v) g" qfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
. x, q% @  J/ s2 a3 G! WOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
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How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
6 l: q7 e4 Z8 z( Kthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
9 [- o+ W  x8 x4 _Yet I turn, I turn,
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whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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( U% O0 S# C+ Y3 x  NIn my darkest night,
9 C+ ]8 A: J! P3 z; O- I+ Kwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
& ?$ @: r! t# B/ [/ wa nimbus-clouded voice
. P* f2 f5 k6 Z7 |+ e+ h7 vdirected me:
. I0 `3 S9 N+ W& g) T"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
; ^4 d! S  k5 q% a, BThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
6 V3 y1 ^" _. w. Y7 |no doubt the next chapter
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is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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
: K) ^2 ^/ Z- M1 `& h3 M* g你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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

$ ~; p6 i2 \+ r/ k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