【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



+ D' ^7 l2 T0 }  B3 i! X: `* ~) |    The layers
3 C, N; V$ |8 {: c' d  {" B. `" A- Y
2 ~# B9 W4 F: HI have walked through many websites,
& f, M/ M+ n  L, ]some of them I like,
9 [7 f& N# r) C' Y  Cand some of them I do not like.
+ _; [; Q, o6 {& y, Y; @5 T  a9 f3 MOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
. Y1 a/ g$ O2 FI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
) g, z# l8 c2 l1 O. g/ Iand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
) Z. `, T& k2 A+ L! G1 v1 X0 M* kPrecious to me.
  U* h' Z* @. U; Q# SIn my darkest night,
) l2 S' r0 q6 R/ _3 I; `when the moon was covered
# H, ]3 D3 N. D* Y6 Sand I roamed through websites,
6 [9 E3 H2 j6 U, k6 X8 q5 ka nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
7 U4 W$ N) _, X) oLive in the layers
0 J9 F4 B' \+ Z5 w' znot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
' ?6 a6 y  w3 ~# vno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
8 d1 [, [; V) M2 X7 b3 P& Eis already written.
, t* R, ?0 W- A2 k1 b1 x& `I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

5 {5 w" f: `) `" F/ YThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
6 ~, N' ?! @$ t6 y/ rand I am not who I was,
% S2 u0 T8 d- n% B4 jthough some principle of being
# |, c! Q. C! ?9 Yabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
. D3 h9 ]6 F0 ~- b7 P% h& G6 mWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
$ ^6 d/ g1 F  M) ltoward the horizon
1 b) D: `1 n7 \5 D; \- P8 ]9 Q, \and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
( @2 X5 J' i6 Q/ w( qover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
4 Y) g7 m8 v5 v8 g+ aOh, I have made myself a tribe
8 n$ z. J* ^! D( c6 j! b5 Dout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
2 f9 Y; E! G! K; g  m+ iHow shall the heart be reconciled
( E. l1 Z& W; ?  E1 xto its feast of losses?
) k6 k/ p: k  FIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
5 |3 A; Z0 j! \3 kthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
! u& Q2 x+ K# L& o7 Owith my will intact to go
! B1 ]8 Q! N8 c6 n+ D! Lwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
, H6 t, b. G2 j7 W0 Ywhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
, |# C9 y6 Z0 Y, I( |a nimbus-clouded voice
# _1 S& i& s* y! \1 O& K+ Sdirected me:
1 l3 Q3 s& ]5 p5 o' Y"Live in the layers,
1 f" m; C. U# P+ Dnot on the litter."
% x( [2 {" o. O: w0 [Though I lack the art
! z% ?3 F4 m1 gto decipher it,
9 J0 w4 `" k- @6 ?$ z& S+ o* r9 ~no doubt the next chapter
; N5 q# V# D- v) c2 S! X) z' |in my book of transformations
is already written.
) q# O. v7 W, r  v4 SI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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; W( L" d2 d/ D[ 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
( K2 N/ ]9 Y2 p你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

* t5 {" |- s. ~* r* _- p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
0 r2 w: }: T, u) v3 {谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

% f# m3 A7 l9 o: f7 k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