【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。
" a0 f1 L, ?& ^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

0 U; @7 L" L3 b% R1 TI have walked through many websites,
, J: R+ A$ A; v- h+ [4 k: l/ Ksome of them I like,
/ n/ G0 I# E( u2 N0 j$ ~1 ]  G2 Mand some of them I do not like.
) z8 `* X" ?/ \; n& \* P& e/ @Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
1 D# L* b1 P  S! iout of his true affections.
' k  t3 c9 u) S# o! JI go, I go
$ l9 G. i  n! v+ _% [! J# ^exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
. ]7 [0 F" h5 L3 v. xwherever I need to go,
% s3 `- i  z3 f! H) s' v& {and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
* |+ O! D$ a7 yPrecious to me.
' P+ ^+ _) }4 k/ o2 Y& G: W% d$ DIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
! \! @& Z1 k) C; W/ d9 R4 Da nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
3 E; i2 a! R; b7 Y' Y3 N. Zto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
! J% u0 t' H9 c( }* I  O; @I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

: y( y$ }* n$ ~/ DThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
" w4 t8 t) A1 g4 B) d, }) s5 |some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
" U& F/ `- H+ S/ o) jthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
& ]2 p' `: n% j+ {I see the milestones dwindling
4 F9 ]9 I) D0 A2 X- ^# Btoward the horizon
# C* d( h5 `- Q- C$ Hand the slow fires trailing
. p( y: u; s- R8 S. a" s4 bfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
, N) Y* G2 _# Q9 x; H2 T) e7 Q- B8 jwheel on heavy wings.
4 S# w" G8 ~( j/ f5 B, sOh, I have made myself a tribe
# m5 L( x2 e+ N- M! G9 s7 oout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
$ z3 Z( @, h3 n- w1 T4 g4 _' fHow shall the heart be reconciled
/ Y0 N/ U" r+ {1 A2 V$ L) oto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
4 V- O: N. T. d6 G4 ]' nYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
8 c1 W* P6 X7 A: f$ [with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
/ c# i7 {7 N% {and every stone on the road
) ]" G9 g$ K) G1 nprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
! v$ }5 T# [! Q4 y# u7 e( Kwhen the moon was covered
8 d8 X) a1 D2 k0 tand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
" L- @7 d1 A4 M, J5 `directed me:
2 t) a8 z  \, W: ~( U"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
# U. v( ~* X' Z$ \7 CThough I lack the art
. E0 i/ [5 D4 o8 z( X2 Fto decipher it,
# F6 w8 U; w6 ~, G0 O( Q$ W  F+ Ono doubt the next chapter
1 _  _9 |* m, f: T, _1 d0 ?in my book of transformations
' C& ]" P2 g) D- v. ]: Jis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
6 {- m) g' _% v5 N6 e—Stanley Kunitz
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# a8 p, ]3 E6 }2 w[ 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
; `) `" t; m1 Y' \你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

2 p9 N0 N: ]/ T+ S4 W( E: x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