【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 q( Z3 A0 ^0 P- {8 L/ b8 J    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
1 D! k9 [* j7 esome of them I like,
0 @6 w! N+ h! U$ _- R& v* ?and some of them I do not like.
# V& W* b0 ~. d9 ~1 fOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
# V1 a# ?5 d" H+ U! L' b& twith my will intact to go
' n2 S3 S! I2 ^& F# pwherever I need to go,
7 x6 _$ \. n: _' pand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
, j  ~/ x: K! o! @* xPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
/ L) d( H( n: V$ B, G" Pwhen the moon was covered
& a# ]% X9 `4 m9 b( D' l3 e: [and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
9 I: w# n  T4 P( f- u9 E6 D/ ~: G* FLive in the layers
% I4 X2 M, _* p3 N" A# H0 Lnot on the litter.
. }  I" k4 A; r) p2 F2 H: W# u$ v6 sThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
2 ?3 r4 p" a9 j, B; x4 Ain my book of transformations
is already written.
8 }' P: B2 Z( k8 iI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

) n. S1 ?( x- h原文在此：
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7 Q* x7 G; E: x1 YThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
* k& W! h# a) Y8 C  aand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
' e! i* a( U  {' Z$ B8 knot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
. h; K& [9 F7 \- d4 k" ebefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
; [3 b  c1 @, T  gtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
9 g( L/ [7 K; E$ Hfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
3 n: ?  @! l+ j* Xover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
& A2 d& o! |# cOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
6 F) B! H3 y/ y" Bto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
3 F# C/ g4 K6 e- C) g/ C& fthose who fell along the way,
4 `" u) \1 T# v$ E: O$ |2 wbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
  g* y" _& G, v: h8 Z1 v8 iwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
) T7 [! J5 `/ ^! E6 d' a4 }precious to me.
In my darkest night,
* T, i- S8 E) c, \9 [when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
/ Z) F7 m, e5 A"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
" `# P2 U3 m( @1 h4 ]9 o0 [, zThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
2 m- X! S5 k7 M! l! F$ }in my book of transformations
is already written.
9 `3 I% M0 B0 K; l% wI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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+ m+ I" X  {9 v% J# f9 m[ 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
1 ]& Y; h$ a' a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
- \- _, [! X0 ]# i, U. B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