【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。
! p: M! e& t4 P& o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

1 s) }: j* \& e5 o+ h( y( g# CI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
* M) Z- U9 a, V1 x2 J1 ~5 land some of them I do not like.
) V" H/ R9 w+ s9 e* EOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
4 `% m, q% m9 Fexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
1 N$ z: g5 \- x4 vwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
8 y, X6 s- q1 X- b; w+ pPrecious to me.
4 v# c! v. ]: C, C* i. ]  x9 i6 {+ HIn my darkest night,
6 c" w  F1 e0 L- Z5 Uwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
6 b% a6 i5 R$ R& V) g, Wnot on the litter.
3 x, J. r% R( ^0 i" \8 |Though I lack the art
+ ^  g. v, q4 ~to decipher it,
: W8 W+ f$ w" d4 [no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
: s+ W5 {4 k+ s1 `3 R% b7 |is already written.
2 C' y5 y# x) m* ?I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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+ {' a3 {+ v, ^, C8 G' ?The Layers

$ v1 U* K( m) ]3 U: G" z: RI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
& i0 v; W" d+ w4 U- j- gand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
) f2 e* i) h, }7 Uas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
" O1 m0 v2 d& s' s  j( ?% w5 sto proceed on my journey,
, e& K; |3 k" [# Q6 D% q  _, PI see the milestones dwindling
  u& n- @, p" x' L( `toward the horizon
9 F3 J9 t) C/ }8 _- T0 r. Hand the slow fires trailing
- W# m: b1 @- |) d2 pfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
7 H3 `+ j! T% Bwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
8 L1 m& R5 j* E! ]3 ^. pout of my true affections,
  m6 e8 [6 P- v  Z# i# fand my tribe is scattered!
3 q/ ]5 G. J+ O* p5 JHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
; {" `( n3 d+ h1 L: a6 \' ~0 O! aexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
4 p4 T5 I6 O; r( k# ^and every stone on the road
precious to me.
# e) r3 y1 \& \2 \( R: eIn my darkest night,
2 E" T% m) r. f; L$ Ywhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
4 K( Q& T' H2 R) h8 A8 e/ J* i, ea nimbus-clouded voice
6 j8 G! y; X8 V4 Q5 \+ Sdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
8 o! H+ ]4 }( Nnot on the litter."
2 W+ J5 Z$ }+ BThough I lack the art
) A) }: i: c9 c  {( y. |4 Xto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
, ]0 N1 F- Y$ O3 oin my book of transformations
, f1 N0 F( e( L7 ?" A) G7 F6 Vis already written.
' a7 P& a$ e8 [9 e; a; ^! [I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

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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
1 g9 G! |9 u: U4 U+ k你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

9 G! c$ |8 z6 m7 V: n' S8 h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
' {5 m5 X$ T% L2 m  }# M/ q2 ?6 K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