【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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; k- Q' O- e* D- l8 N' M    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
' G9 H9 C7 J" T6 v9 y) ?some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
* i0 A8 W( U7 R' q1 E: JOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
; Z  ]. }' ]* C2 @* w+ Hwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
4 Y! C5 n( ?; u# A( Nand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
* d; K) ]- B8 O( [+ ^- lPrecious to me.
- I7 m* e5 u( A6 }% j( ^; JIn my darkest night,
+ Y5 y' A3 y1 U/ v- Y' Uwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
5 K0 p( d; s! g: X/ ^directed me:
: d* Q. I% o9 _/ @Live in the layers
not on the litter.
2 B0 h, ?4 `' N" F+ PThough I lack the art
; R+ n2 d& c# c5 A) T0 qto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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! o: m+ A8 s  C- {( }1 VThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
+ y6 l9 o6 J/ F$ O! u4 R% Cthough some principle of being
) y7 Z1 y9 k2 q' R, x1 @abides, from which I struggle
/ D& u6 ~+ X  R# ~not to stray.
# z& S4 r' N8 n5 RWhen I look behind,
; h! c. O4 n. ~; [) V, Ras I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
8 E+ n: _, R) F6 @2 e( h# z( \. ?and the slow fires trailing
$ B$ _5 v% T( ^9 L* Zfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
9 A7 C9 ]- X+ B# H  Gover which scavenger angels
3 L6 b; F, S, k0 N1 p! ewheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
! v$ Y% Z3 g. ]1 X0 ]. U# Oand my tribe is scattered!
& P6 E1 i; W( c7 H/ G! G4 w( ]How shall the heart be reconciled
. w4 w2 a5 T, _; F& Kto its feast of losses?
$ x6 a6 U  v9 y1 FIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
0 T( b8 J: ?5 h3 x) `3 Athose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
' v* R. i6 L/ {0 O! O0 {% N& [  J# x- HYet I turn, I turn,
+ v$ p3 v# C7 p; {exulting somewhat,
2 d4 _; M( z* s, J# F! Mwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
! A8 g& l/ g' [! }5 T( u0 tIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
/ ?  u8 ~7 O4 B) I  ?) ?3 f1 sa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
/ y+ R& Z0 B, |1 Jnot on the litter."
9 t0 ]  U' e) i- c$ o5 r; W5 HThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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

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- N! R) ]: b' h% @2 l* g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
% E4 N# _" A0 m( _* \& e- m. F4 j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