【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。
" E; L, q$ }5 H0 r: q' ~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

; S1 w: B+ k: g! z( v% HI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
7 a. g* t6 F6 s' I- Mexulting somewhat,
, r! e; H6 H4 k7 Y2 S; L1 ?with my will intact to go
% J8 |' o" R( Jwherever I need to go,
6 u* x  X5 U, f$ G  F7 e% C8 qand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
% u) v2 x7 U9 F! F8 B3 rPrecious to me.
, n9 ]4 C5 |. R8 F5 oIn my darkest night,
: e7 F2 G, A. i" P2 Z. }, f0 I  ^! @when the moon was covered
$ r' [1 m, F/ t$ }6 Q+ Z& Nand I roamed through websites,
$ \% p( P9 f6 Z+ g; Ca nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
  w+ \7 O- V+ d6 ~/ M+ `2 d( Gno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
% w5 |1 h. v! O. x1 Iis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

5 p( V% K' J& LThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
$ t) T2 n0 S+ X4 ?some of them my own,
! l( O' a! X+ j( {) |3 ~5 W3 Nand I am not who I was,
( W! }  L, L% ]though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
- m3 Z3 L' L1 J5 U/ b3 d$ Dbefore I can gather strength
9 l, g3 F7 `, |5 `. _  Lto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
9 |& R6 C% H$ F( T5 j" awheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
- k! o: G- ?. B' a; c. l4 Kout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
" v) {2 M1 Q) m! X" X! b7 j, @How shall the heart be reconciled
6 c$ a7 A4 r% {  gto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
7 E/ Z2 \) q2 Q' h. K- ithe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
4 k$ f/ {/ }# P- ^bitterly stings my face.
( I! p' G3 F  T+ a# @1 CYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
: V  R* n+ V) \- U$ bwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
$ t- @# y0 I  ]2 Hand every stone on the road
! a- C' m. h2 }3 P+ Gprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
2 N0 x# U$ J' f; u" N: V: C+ D, `no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
+ x: f& Z- T  N  y% J7 g% j8 tis already written.
' q! L: H( v; Q3 p6 sI am not done with my changes.
' W3 S0 C! N- P; n- ]3 D: u—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
4 m4 H% d$ k6 Y9 f. j6 k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
5 y. W+ t) W4 [3 N. p/ w5 J$ D) O+ ~谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

  f0 m/ a) c& e6 F5 I: W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