【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
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, M1 K. w5 }. g6 t# a, V' j/ iI have walked through many websites,
# f% U3 I; N, Y/ V7 X' Tsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
4 ?9 m) f6 ]8 bwith my will intact to go
% g% v8 c' S5 N4 Bwherever I need to go,
2 h; x. [# \" B. i0 [and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
0 ?: I: s( d+ }- U* vwhen the moon was covered
/ e: z3 S3 j, d* fand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
% j% i% M2 R, M/ |6 c7 zLive in the layers
9 ^& d( O- n) Y( Hnot on the litter.
& Z) d' K  V6 Z. S1 y8 l! qThough I lack the art
3 e6 T" [0 c  u' Y1 M  gto decipher it,
& R1 P$ ^) O1 c* S  A% A. \no doubt the next chaper
) E3 v5 p# N+ a) Y6 |3 D6 u0 \in my book of transformations
8 a$ Y) Y; _2 B5 c" d. i4 E; P# ais already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
% r! X! ]0 a9 lsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
2 e+ k' S; B8 e: o/ Dabides, from which I struggle
  n4 t8 a7 J, r0 F. w' X' Lnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
2 D- F3 K, h9 z3 {before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
9 s; r0 W/ j1 u5 xI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
/ I. f  r* E* L% c* Oover which scavenger angels
, y. c6 I9 M0 j) Owheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
3 C) W$ F6 x" d+ _% THow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
5 q" w3 o5 @& i! R% H1 iIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
  b0 ]+ ^; P. B3 I5 V9 {those who fell along the way,
* C  ?. ]1 E; c8 o3 Tbitterly stings my face.
) ?  ^% [) M& r/ D" K( iYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
# \/ {1 d4 x( n% O7 bwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
2 O" l; k7 C8 f: ^5 Y. r7 N( twhen the moon was covered
; X8 `$ Q" T* F( h" |and I roamed through wreckage,
5 |& M# S& y  A" sa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
3 d2 F# k0 ~9 M0 H- z"Live in the layers,
- @- c0 B! M0 {; Y4 ]  Enot on the litter."
8 B+ Z: ~5 Y& m  L, p' BThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
* K' [  F4 a" U2 [% u0 ~no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
2 M$ r/ ~2 |' Wis already written.
7 V5 H, i) D5 z3 D, u9 OI am not done with my changes.
9 [4 H0 b0 W  S—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
$ I1 ?7 g) B- X- I0 `) o# Z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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/ d" k9 n! P3 |2 F: y* M( A6 Y6 H- l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