【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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& \9 H. w) o  Q) {% ^6 k    The layers
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' a: P0 L* [8 ]+ p9 F, n' {9 tI 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
9 ]7 ]* k' c" }  V2 r  e: tout of his true affections.
  U* N, ]- b8 b- e6 ^. wI go, I go
5 U! y, Q. I; y" P9 U5 u( qexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
! I. H7 v, X$ m% ]8 n7 owherever I need to go,
, d0 J6 Z  G% r- ]! q" C4 V4 a0 }and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
! s8 H( `8 {) Oand I roamed through websites,
. F8 `( L; f, d& d# @a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
. F; k* X) O/ w  N- n9 ]9 A, GLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
! q, t4 j: g) F, v6 Y% c3 eto decipher it,
$ {1 O6 C* t, _* B5 b/ S$ ]) gno doubt the next chaper
/ @" U5 i& a4 Q& Xin my book of transformations
( L2 H$ Y* a2 @. xis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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3 {+ y3 J) h. Z( O原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
3 e# h" q! b+ U% n3 Pbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
* s* [" X, u- h4 ]! h5 Iand the slow fires trailing
: P, H" U1 ~$ Q; b: u' dfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
- D" w  u* S; r( B" i1 M4 hover which scavenger angels
& g1 _( e& {4 u  |6 d' Bwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
( s' j1 N  m% Yout of my true affections,
: c; [0 `1 G3 ]2 B3 _' }7 G# l/ oand my tribe is scattered!
* L* t! z! T% L0 THow shall the heart be reconciled
+ y6 |( Y2 ~) v; i6 Pto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
% O9 i  D8 p. O) m5 U) Y, B$ Ithe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
5 E6 U" H4 A. n7 v: w! b+ V! Ybitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
8 V& \& N9 O0 j+ L  iexulting somewhat,
+ \2 t7 a/ D8 N+ pwith my will intact to go
9 D, u( J3 o. J- `) z2 D( Bwhereever I need to go,
+ P* j2 U+ S- N& W" L9 eand every stone on the road
. x) W* V5 l, u, V, ^precious to me.
, O  U0 {" b5 ]In my darkest night,
* d# U! o) E9 c" g& F; M# gwhen the moon was covered
! \, i8 D  M# n$ Iand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
1 {0 W, ?; M) Y1 y. ^7 Udirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
( q$ U% t2 ~  L& `4 a9 win my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
8 ]; K0 x0 K5 ]3 d3 m5 F' G! ^—Stanley Kunitz
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9 m1 |/ X" \, K1 t5 J[ 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

7 _9 D1 N$ S6 }' |0 m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