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【五周年征文】诗歌一首,根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
0 @* G+ A8 l8 p0 L% c# S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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I have walked through many websites,
* a8 {0 u% O6 d4 m$ u: Y. K' Tsome of them I like,
& S& v& v0 T% `1 N" a0 S2 Vand some of them I do not like.
1 U5 Z$ `- `: z$ m- K/ m* F7 {& ~Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
- w. y( _/ |$ _. e0 J$ n0 |$ N+ Nout of his true affections.8 \. i: k, N9 F/ r/ T8 M
I go, I go
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with my will intact to go
/ R2 X: x) v. d& H6 r- O& y% Owherever I need to go,
" ]6 |9 B- f7 s! ]. r/ [; d! Tand every post on the Edmontonchina Community 8 E9 S/ U' u! A: J4 F- m
Precious to me., V# }) ^* S4 b+ k, [
In my darkest night, 1 I) t" E: a2 b n
when the moon was covered
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a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice 2 P1 X X5 r5 l2 F* p
directed me:
+ n& d5 {! s) e4 y' W( nLive in the layers
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Though I lack the art * @( x1 s9 ~) M% { g! W8 q, Q
to decipher it,
. F, h* ], Q( rno doubt the next chaper8 s% B* g, L& a4 j" A* u8 w# O" b: Y
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.% @6 x0 U. v% {) n) X1 n3 c% W
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原文在此:; U( l3 L3 Q- V" e1 Z
0 o5 q! B$ X1 ]; qThe Layers
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1 F) s: N4 Y, {7 M% f5 bI have walked through many lives, ) @- q d5 H) ]) K8 a
some of them my own, 0 k/ x8 a7 f& L! Z( I
and I am not who I was,
0 h E6 y3 t- b) S+ {0 y: I* i/ u1 Ithough some principle of being
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not to stray. 3 R' \5 P9 u3 ] J
When I look behind, # P* O5 v$ [$ x% ^/ Y9 w7 z% R
as I am compelled to look
$ Z- L7 G. g9 ~2 ]9 F8 z5 vbefore I can gather strength
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I see the milestones dwindling
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and the slow fires trailing
. a- ^3 m$ i. g! o* B- pfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
: o4 j4 m& {. O. d' e5 ~3 }2 f, q: {# jover which scavenger angels
( I4 v+ \* G2 i0 J, \wheel on heavy wings. - P7 i( Q8 {2 l1 L" p7 \ s
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
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and my tribe is scattered! $ @7 ]8 A% r/ L' F/ z
How shall the heart be reconciled , c9 `$ V1 B a5 a$ H: i! ?
to its feast of losses? ) U" G& t7 R& a' P3 ?0 ~8 L4 o$ U5 p
In a rising wind
! ]/ A" g6 p. h. |) Ythe manic dust of my friends,
! s; `0 ~% f& j D! m. [those who fell along the way, 8 e* Z$ G f C) W" `6 m
bitterly stings my face. + s& }* r+ ]% r# p& I. @
Yet I turn, I turn, " k: ^- w# ~( x4 z Z/ n, T0 A
exulting somewhat,
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, @2 B: H: ~3 }; X" iand every stone on the road 0 \* O; w" c* B5 e s. d, _+ c
precious to me.
j' {% h }! e9 |+ \$ E! t) nIn my darkest night,
/ p5 p6 z9 D$ P4 r/ D0 |# ywhen the moon was covered + G& }# w: h$ G( D& J- @
and I roamed through wreckage, " e6 ?0 o, h& |; I0 o
a nimbus-clouded voice
2 j. M% y1 L& w6 k$ }! kdirected me: $ m8 r* X) N0 y# j# j8 m6 M6 c
"Live in the layers, 0 Q" z1 k7 d* F( D1 |/ G& c
not on the litter."
+ P3 u# n# j3 BThough I lack the art
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no doubt the next chapter
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is already written. ; w4 ?. l" B9 {& T$ F
I am not done with my changes.) e F" h) w/ ^ G7 y2 o
—Stanley Kunitz1 Y i" G# Y4 u" i8 C- o
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