【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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: @' f. g" w" y* W: Y' l2 ^    The layers

I 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.
  n1 |1 v1 {4 a/ E7 x% |/ LI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
9 W+ o3 Q, z% U( ^3 |! [6 Gwherever I need to go,
2 O: A* n. B8 mand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
- c$ `- Q) h' }% yPrecious to me.
+ Q$ A0 a: w+ e  X6 LIn my darkest night,
" E: b1 R4 ]7 @5 w4 jwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
$ t9 t6 Z/ w) y" _/ v  Ra nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
; [3 b4 Q* V, j5 Y& ]# Z) `6 ?directed me:
Live in the layers
+ _. y: `! B6 J+ }0 j" U; D7 Wnot on the litter.
0 F1 k9 B" W9 d' i: |2 iThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
& R9 X1 a/ Q0 z2 O9 pin my book of transformations
9 {  z& @) l6 b1 d4 F0 xis already written.
+ q( t/ q( j7 ?$ S/ hI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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8 I: D8 ~; [8 u! r. uThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
( }. s7 a$ p. F1 Ssome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
2 T! c$ k  ]0 i* f8 N+ C8 y/ h# Unot to stray.
When I look behind,
2 B, Q5 b$ s7 O" T1 jas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
6 i* C% J3 g$ x6 l5 R; v$ m3 E2 Nfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
/ T/ W0 l4 E9 c( v4 t0 y) xover which scavenger angels
5 W5 M5 _3 [6 k' nwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
! ]" P5 q( A8 m( S- r$ b- E# z; a9 Kout of my true affections,
, @# y  m3 j# zand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
7 F" z- }, d9 I1 X* e# `- Z0 oIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
. ]$ r& k6 D/ ?" `- ^% K) U* abitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
' d* K/ N3 W1 V) texulting somewhat,
, O. N+ z; ?; awith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
' ]4 p. ^' U" Z0 @6 [$ y2 ewhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
( k9 o6 n3 L0 ^/ P7 ^directed me:
"Live in the layers,
% W' c! o1 P6 B6 Jnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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

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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
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