【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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    The layers

9 o& a1 r( v  _( S( Y" ]I 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
1 _+ l# e- ]2 M' O% Qout of his true affections.
- @4 i# ?9 X1 ~7 eI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
* n1 g" O- g9 vand 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:
2 p# W1 V2 j, r: c6 D; |. }Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
7 j+ c: I9 m2 l3 ]) O2 ~1 Pno doubt the next chaper
1 c! b: L! I* z$ e7 Bin my book of transformations
7 }* _- G' n' B8 q# iis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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/ q: @1 r* D( d5 F9 W; _; n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,
0 F$ C% s& r  M; r. w# w4 gthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
( j# B! @2 ]5 S  w3 G7 HWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
- }8 F7 D  P8 O+ L: l2 y; s; Tbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
$ q6 H% O% M' K6 Vtoward the horizon
3 y: X$ V6 Z4 D7 kand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
9 B- d7 E. T4 l: bover which scavenger angels
7 }& p* g3 g$ }9 d# ^2 Fwheel on heavy wings.
" U, j& C; W& J, y- w: R9 e2 BOh, I have made myself a tribe
" y. L' r* x8 D3 ]& \out of my true affections,
( P% S$ w9 @& _and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
+ n4 h3 L5 v' r) o* Y  Yto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
) x6 x4 N/ k0 Z6 t+ sthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
! }6 R: O2 c+ c: J! ebitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
/ i+ ?+ t# i5 M' m- \  |3 M/ e  Fwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
6 ~4 l! K0 o( u3 C8 f* {precious to me.
1 d. G" Y  q  w$ k/ ]' X$ oIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
1 E; c; `. M; t. D+ Va nimbus-clouded voice
- D- f* K  A; y6 u) z  }5 zdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
0 X2 B; n  f2 J3 v3 }Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
- M  \! L0 Z% F4 fis already written.
+ H* H4 ^' F5 V' ^8 y) ?6 yI am not done with my changes.
—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
4 _0 ~5 J4 ~! q+ M+ w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
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