【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。
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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2 Z6 v# x4 g( {5 z    The layers

8 Y, N, v% }: @$ `I have walked through many websites,
- m. W1 w0 y/ @6 s& D; d5 ]7 k  v6 osome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
4 ~, ^2 D( f9 hOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! j0 i' g4 U: O' ~' |out of his true affections.
' v0 n* ]% b* {% q% }" S& |I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
. y% h# `; N' z$ l9 ^* {with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
8 K# |1 p1 H2 B) f( t- P- qand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
! p+ T$ P3 ]' Hnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
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3 }% e$ V0 B; O+ {+ z5 Vis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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1 Z* Q6 L$ d5 l- A$ U原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
8 J# C; c3 K' X. ?abides, from which I struggle
) K$ y4 S9 X; D* fnot to stray.
6 }: ^. f7 X/ ?" e9 `  hWhen I look behind,
- Y7 U7 i% a7 aas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
& i  ]8 U+ z' eI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
9 L5 g; }2 s, \- r1 ywheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
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and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
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In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
3 X9 B0 \" O  K  X7 O  P% ~those who fell along the way,
' y' {2 v0 b  \! j6 @2 `bitterly stings my face.
, d7 H7 `2 {2 h" eYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
" M+ f# H" ^; \* Kand every stone on the road
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! r) T2 n& K- t" cIn my darkest night,
6 p" G; a! A6 R1 F$ I0 T7 Twhen the moon was covered
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9 e3 {/ I& Q% t7 Q: K0 B& c$ O  ja nimbus-clouded voice
, K& d; z$ E7 l* j- F' C  B5 r: j. D* Udirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
2 {  F: T8 n% I. m1 qThough I lack the art
; R' p4 X2 }! V* o7 ^* Y0 Ato decipher it,
3 U/ q  h6 P; C- N* r' Z) Vno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
  q0 f) f5 N# L- N—Stanley Kunitz

5 j3 X5 ?* ^6 s2 n) H[ 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
0 j3 R7 i/ n, s  L* n- R% n: S( `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
% _+ H( a, {5 P. n, Y( ?谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

! e& |, V4 S9 F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