【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



$ \2 r" m3 q9 o: H- X    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
4 O% o  D; q' k1 @  L0 u; fsome of them I like,
3 Q3 O7 @, C: A$ ~/ F1 Q& ~+ _and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
/ x. ^6 E) K' ]: `. b# J. N- oout of his true affections.
I go, I go
) t. B! Z  E( c! D) d/ }exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
4 c% A7 m2 ]* \" D0 ^) Z0 k" XIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
+ k( [  c7 N9 W9 T9 ~and I roamed through websites,
- ?' P; ~& J2 A/ Q3 f% m2 ]. ca nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
) V4 T" i$ T+ B% f8 pLive in the layers
not on the litter.
$ O, p3 S$ F# H7 e7 OThough I lack the art
' E' J6 N4 s( n' yto decipher it,
% `6 u( U8 h7 Y$ B2 I+ K$ qno doubt the next chaper
& ?5 X4 w, G, i) E$ s1 fin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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3 x2 U% K9 ~) e8 z! f3 M& ?# S原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
& s' |- O: U4 s1 [as I am compelled to look
6 k/ g/ C1 l0 P9 F6 Tbefore I can gather strength
: s0 A3 B- k/ X% E; Fto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
+ p" D8 Q' F) ?# n/ U/ Ltoward the horizon
! [- i1 Q  p6 T2 D4 zand the slow fires trailing
3 K  ]& \# G( x1 E# Wfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
% ]# F5 e7 l, v7 V  S0 G6 S: k3 COh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
4 L$ N$ \  Q# i# T' XHow shall the heart be reconciled
9 t$ X! a# V' M. q0 z  Hto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
8 k1 [7 l# j- Rthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
( @, g+ L+ N2 N# v$ I3 U9 `Yet I turn, I turn,
  b6 X% I) Q# {9 c1 B9 cexulting somewhat,
& [+ q4 M0 U: U: j) c0 j7 {4 vwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
- _/ u# a- m2 V/ _$ A0 Cand I roamed through wreckage,
& d( S  e3 _2 e+ e, v4 z  y  [a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
& s9 i1 S5 b( `! w% N"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
* H5 U4 H. A) m" X' [5 Zin my book of transformations
9 u% J- J. `5 _# R$ Pis already written.
5 t" c8 z: ^/ m! p8 R" QI 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
! G' M  \% ~% g, a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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5 K3 d: ^" V8 L1 w( a7 m! r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
4 V+ Q: Y4 Q! Z谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

6 Q, ]6 ?6 @9 {& m& F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