【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。
& o; N# a, m! x( R' l# i* w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

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
( X# L6 E: M" d7 K  z( |8 Gand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
) X  `' ]; J. D" `1 B# Z& mwherever I need to go,
' {' W0 `2 l# r4 S7 V* `: ]and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
0 Z7 c. z! a3 O4 g4 X* l3 H9 @, ~Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
3 }) \/ Z  p, Z: l) Tdirected me:
5 I! `0 h& Y  C; CLive in the layers
4 g1 g7 c& X# J( g5 y4 wnot on the litter.
" W1 `& N- J9 H. U) Z& s4 ^Though I lack the art
, ^* K7 G) d) L3 m$ d" pto decipher it,
% _% W! U' H( _6 g7 h' S' a/ {no doubt the next chaper
  M  i2 [, ]4 Z2 ?6 m& q$ nin my book of transformations
is already written.
/ l) [, i+ e9 d1 `* ?6 ZI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
7 N7 L5 N# W' vsome of them my own,
8 f# R# F' ~  w) _0 aand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
& I  m9 O# @3 O" _. H+ R7 Oabides, from which I struggle
6 w" o  `" x# u4 knot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
5 {" l1 U, F  G  z2 u* K5 \before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
" G" B% N* a! _I see the milestones dwindling
4 Z  R  Y. `4 P* ltoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
' K8 X) j' d" k5 ~" [+ Jand my tribe is scattered!
: t( n" x/ m6 T! [7 u. tHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
9 {- U. p" X) r: M$ C  Lthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
% }2 c. w. ^7 [& _  |8 F0 o/ j4 qYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
4 L  I$ |& [1 N3 j; {% Swith my will intact to go
8 `. B3 l$ G  a4 ]: f2 D& I2 ^whereever I need to go,
% m) h# E7 N5 t* ?# m# V; l/ N8 aand every stone on the road
  E1 o- A( q: D3 e! e) wprecious to me.
: ]; S6 i) f& I2 H  w* A! B2 o8 EIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
4 w$ a, h9 G" A7 e3 ]8 I8 F; yand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
; Y; k& K, {( Z. e" a& xnot on the litter."
) t2 n  d9 I9 mThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
4 r* ?( x: ~. J% Iis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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+ X- Q# r# n( D* P$ J9 I8 I[ 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
& d7 {' m7 U+ C' q# j) o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
' j# i; ^3 c3 \$ j+ }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