【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。
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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) C) I7 q1 R8 D$ X+ U    The layers
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$ O# u9 H7 B$ z: |) N8 k7 z/ e5 PI have walked through many websites,
# m7 F4 m+ _5 w$ M4 bsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
  ^4 \" ?2 d( {; L. HOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
1 Z2 K( g2 u: {% I4 s# m9 |1 \I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
9 _9 O/ N( \, J2 C& Bwith my will intact to go
6 w' V- v+ ^4 Qwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
5 }4 q9 {" o8 \  j  KPrecious to me.
2 E4 Y( C* u# p1 ^. x0 H% [In my darkest night,
8 E* N. A& B- n& a7 I" h" [0 Zwhen the moon was covered
2 }# f0 A5 z1 b0 L" ^/ ]" U2 y; Nand I roamed through websites,
6 A) z, ^7 ~8 z3 Na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
6 Y/ d( |4 z2 {% o$ C2 c* \% [directed me:
Live in the layers
1 F7 ~6 ~, }0 I# Lnot on the litter.
0 W% _' i5 x  ^, }2 BThough I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
4 e: F# [8 c: e: m+ D2 l5 z$ Pin my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

/ ~  J; Q8 \: E% S) c原文在此：
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+ P4 S8 R& P" }The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
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and I am not who I was,
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not to stray.
- _9 A4 T4 y6 x) |" b5 W7 I' DWhen I look behind,
% c% q* S% i) O8 D1 i  w; v$ `as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
6 i% M  K. i0 b$ zto proceed on my journey,
. Z3 p0 t& J" u7 n* z: wI see the milestones dwindling
  a6 k% `3 ^2 p/ R7 X; `2 Dtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
: ]8 r3 \- Z8 a5 `, F0 s8 c$ yover which scavenger angels
( ~/ I0 m5 \  Y2 I# {& Bwheel on heavy wings.
0 a. I4 ~6 `4 fOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
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In a rising wind
: A& n. r: z6 r  tthe manic dust of my friends,
+ g/ H  T# N) b5 V2 j) Pthose who fell along the way,
5 {  o1 w  k/ _bitterly stings my face.
6 E3 ^  ~& B! r6 g$ eYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
: |( f' g( h1 ~with my will intact to go
; }$ K+ Y) L- K: i+ cwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
; j" v+ |0 |5 u* j/ K4 Pprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
; K8 S0 w: f  g$ l. b2 G1 ?& Pwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
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Though I lack the art
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in my book of transformations
3 Q1 O7 P  ?) F( S/ L$ |* V  Q  p1 Q* Cis already written.
7 P, e. k/ v5 Y7 I/ H" ^2 E* Q, hI am not done with my changes.
8 K6 f5 b/ g* W/ ]. m; \3 o5 {—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
$ Z/ J5 F1 z/ @' k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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6 e8 H1 v$ ]5 S# ?) B+ @8 V% F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
, M* p8 j1 N2 j# ]. V2 ?4 i3 e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