【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。
8 g: a5 {- {8 `6 h/ d9 q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,
; [: u0 w# i& @. R% z4 csome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
" Z& H) U" |* ^) J9 t0 POh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
" H3 i: N! a! I2 d! pexulting somewhat,
% n5 q2 ], i6 `# B& R4 l8 E, kwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
  m% v6 g/ G( N; n! M. `, E) Jand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
, f/ l8 Z( p' G  E% A( Qand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 {$ b" D$ ~( X1 `6 z" p0 i2 k2 Edirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
+ H4 ?, B4 i: }' c0 Bto decipher it,
6 T7 b$ Q4 B# h; ]. |# P6 t- ono doubt the next chaper
( x" T. _0 N) R3 Pin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
4 ~2 ?& H) J( Z! Dsome of them my own,
+ _: Y) W1 J- [! n  O: o" k* Xand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
% A, ~( i$ W4 h7 Tnot to stray.
, j! D4 T5 Y- W1 L# UWhen I look behind,
1 M2 Q6 u0 U0 u6 G* u  A( Z! L4 F" _as I am compelled to look
) K4 i) ^; s4 t9 c9 F) ubefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
. z1 O% |# C4 e: y' Htoward the horizon
8 n1 I. s% k* ~3 Q% k/ C7 Pand the slow fires trailing
* C" ?5 `  a8 [" I  Pfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
! V* F+ J% O6 A8 L2 kwheel on heavy wings.
, B' F( [' y9 |Oh, I have made myself a tribe
# S" {3 t3 i& E) @0 eout of my true affections,
  ]' C: ]$ y, a% G$ h0 |, ~and my tribe is scattered!
- n3 G( ~4 Y9 qHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
- m0 O* }: f; d/ HYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
4 v4 S- b7 K! G  s* Q: [" wwith my will intact to go
  E9 ~" J8 g) u" z) W  _# Vwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
6 q: ~/ c' k+ t- Q4 U( Zprecious to me.
- _0 q) R$ K: l: b( S. t0 E) ^+ dIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
& P& s' E4 C! L' S* ^1 xand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
4 g! i% u; S( {$ Fdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
) s) u. j# [" D/ ~5 v, u( ]2 p! j6 yThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
$ {) ?; D5 W7 \7 `4 |+ y9 R( a! His already written.
4 a. U* k5 `3 s8 s4 FI am not done with my changes.
! X  u1 w" }% \5 @—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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

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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