【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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    The layers

% @  N+ i2 B, Q& o5 VI 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.
' s' y; x$ `9 CI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
: f% M! \6 C3 O1 K3 xand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
- \* L0 z# B0 ^* c  _: ^: twhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
. m+ c) S. w8 z6 h( J" Oa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
8 T* p3 y- A6 d8 k# t/ ?3 Ldirected me:
Live in the layers
  T( o: a4 R# C# V" M7 gnot on the litter.
! k0 F1 E, s" g" K4 `/ V, uThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
* H: Q0 }% ]& q* ~+ v! gin my book of transformations
1 l- S; b# X- Z( C% ais already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

# x3 m( F4 o1 ~2 p+ |原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
) @; P6 \* g# c( cand I am not who I was,
/ U* Y, V) D7 \$ a0 x. A4 Qthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
( N  X+ E% e  F7 t* ]& _- O, c) G" K% Mnot to stray.
& \: W9 s, i  ?9 }; M' FWhen I look behind,
" |  k( D; @' v) ias I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
/ i# k3 f5 M3 o$ R3 c& k# cI see the milestones dwindling
' H) e! I* n, b- vtoward the horizon
" L5 `9 E' _; g& Q4 q9 \and the slow fires trailing
# l( T) {% e/ D6 F, Mfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
: j6 W+ J- a$ z! E; p& @, m% P, D$ _over which scavenger angels
# b- A- i* n- Q$ Ewheel on heavy wings.
8 J3 R: @! N! q1 KOh, I have made myself a tribe
! \( m; F( M2 W; |- P* G+ }out of my true affections,
9 F0 P8 z) \3 Q# uand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
* h$ K: j8 _; `( x- ~+ k, wto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
/ C) _9 J. G+ ~7 ~8 B% fthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
9 h& P' ^0 s2 bYet I turn, I turn,
# r. @- O& \5 u7 nexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
% R  l' v, `+ i+ H9 O. Dwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
' p, B  D9 i  a+ x# B4 cIn my darkest night,
/ d% ^: a$ {5 j$ Uwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
9 B( i# M9 l) _+ v' c8 Ca nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
, W" |) M& y. S* b) O* G  ?. x; S5 D6 XThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
9 r7 X: w, @' A9 K5 sin my book of transformations
is already written.
) u! A( X% o2 {8 uI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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$ K7 _+ V- z" g7 Z# y[ 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

  x/ J9 b+ U1 |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
3 y3 D3 L% m  t  d# X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