【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。
9 J) G7 y& e& W, T: F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



, `7 m# y5 I: \# \$ ^( L' B    The layers

* Q8 J7 w2 J0 k1 U4 lI have walked through many websites,
6 U8 D7 z: A. m) y1 k9 X3 D" R- Lsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
* j/ j9 N" p+ F/ Z! f; FOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
1 l/ T+ u' ~8 M! ?0 |out of his true affections.
. ?9 x+ G+ z; zI go, I go
/ ], Q8 L$ f; ]$ X% ?$ R. J( F7 |exulting somewhat,
2 `1 m$ R0 O1 a2 g4 @) T) r6 xwith my will intact to go
) n( v/ X9 ?6 B8 v4 twherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
$ Y. _9 F. x( O: F1 EIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
: j+ U2 |6 ^7 E& F* da nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
* J' M/ x; l9 [Live in the layers
% D6 ~+ x7 J) p( onot on the litter.
9 \4 g& O) F" R+ V- j& {Though I lack the art
* s! ~$ k1 A8 B7 ~1 Jto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
1 J6 u- P1 Z1 C1 J6 X5 o* t# k5 Ris already written.
. Q5 f' F9 S. H" B# NI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

$ Z4 M! b+ a- W/ z5 T7 `原文在此：

2 u" i& U( @0 W8 h$ QThe Layers

! d3 n* j7 C. t* z6 A* z: P% QI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
7 u! L1 k0 |0 X7 s6 Nabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
$ G6 l9 R/ ~) h) Z: `/ jas I am compelled to look
7 K' h7 o# U; `8 P; r0 O; ]before I can gather strength
, y3 h" H7 o  k' N, Pto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
! o' U0 i6 ?: i. @" atoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
/ Z( |1 v9 l6 g3 S, P5 Ewheel on heavy wings.
) q* b( V' A$ f1 v$ bOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
( t" D# q, F0 k' h) y1 Cand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
: T( f* K3 L1 o) o* AIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
6 d2 V' E  R& Y  v% pthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
5 {5 J9 x2 V* G* c( V) i. rexulting somewhat,
6 `8 N, _3 l- o" M" ewith my will intact to go
8 }  m0 s! q% K) n0 ^+ qwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
$ O' z  m+ `2 A  V7 DIn my darkest night,
, G, u0 J2 p) dwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
+ S" e2 c* ?$ e% C, J/ K- }7 z1 Ga nimbus-clouded voice
8 F, _5 ]  v! Zdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
& N0 [3 j6 k3 U$ n7 K; S8 Lnot on the litter."
) f; x; `0 m( E; cThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
1 g9 A+ Q9 h5 [is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
( R2 k, p% S4 o* T—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
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
" D# {/ q+ M' U  q0 H谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

- ?$ Y9 B8 G. {6 d# l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