【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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4 W- F( ~5 F1 S2 b6 _    The layers

: b/ Y: B3 _: z0 ~. h( gI have walked through many websites,
4 G- \; l* ^8 ~( [some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
0 L# S+ @& i" Q! r  i4 d' S/ J3 rOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
0 W3 {: x# O& }7 [* ?a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
; E& B7 _, T; k3 SLive in the layers
. E# [! D) ~, s  j( Onot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
3 A) j* @- a- ain my book of transformations
5 }) w  j9 N7 Ais already written.
! x3 @) [7 P0 t; V+ W% H6 J4 p6 FI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

9 W- S$ X# V: x原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
6 [- P1 n6 \* ^6 Y/ Y) ysome of them my own,
( m5 z  O& D4 T7 Q- N. _and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
- D* h2 P8 V5 C8 |5 B% m2 Fas I am compelled to look
- u' Q% n0 m, }1 n/ A/ T4 bbefore I can gather strength
5 [2 S2 F( h  ~9 E8 {6 mto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
/ r3 D) C9 l8 d+ C" @6 H/ Ztoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
, b- m, s3 J  Hfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
, i+ c1 w% T1 b( uover which scavenger angels
% ]& V- b& e! m9 \" I* Ewheel on heavy wings.
) R* c' R0 ^( P6 V  I7 dOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
( ^, B/ {) `0 ]1 m/ Hand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
" r& F- y+ a" V5 \$ p- WIn a rising wind
6 K8 ^- z3 {5 J* n; Hthe manic dust of my friends,
5 g  z- R; H; H& ethose who fell along the way,
) E% A% \1 A. w5 M  g8 fbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
# v/ l* x( {' O2 A$ Bexulting somewhat,
$ @. m5 O/ l  b& ?( ?9 ~7 ~+ H( Ywith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
$ B& r$ G6 f+ @% w; T, \precious to me.
In my darkest night,
+ u& [# P; s' I3 Kwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
, I3 G/ w3 p; {4 f; ma nimbus-clouded voice
2 R& [! w- f# ~6 ?2 bdirected me:
& ^2 d5 i; c. G! q& n) u"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
* f8 c" G, V9 |2 C; NThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
8 ~- @" V& \1 O  B- s* qno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
1 g: d" M( N) uis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
2 K' |4 k  }/ f* q3 `5 h—Stanley Kunitz

8 p" L) K5 z7 [6 u, a  Q[ 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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8 P6 z8 R6 k0 P6 t! o/ _/ ~, |) i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
7 b, H/ d, }: }  v谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

: \- v2 S# f4 c6 Q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