【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。
& k3 x8 Z' K0 Z6 x8 V1 C+ |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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) p+ y: Y8 A0 L4 S. h- F" z! ^    The layers

/ N1 ?* g( |/ aI have walked through many websites,
0 X/ e" m. D# P: ]/ Usome of them I like,
4 v8 H' [+ ?. ~: Q- g7 s6 eand some of them I do not like.
1 w$ X6 d: Q3 [, ]6 w" oOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
6 |) e! R) h: qout of his true affections.
* {: d* i" _7 j" \3 CI go, I go
2 W+ w( t: c# U0 ~# _& ?$ Mexulting somewhat,
1 x2 P: ]3 a- j3 Twith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
# C6 _* t6 ~" l( ~; b- zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
! X3 [( h" A# W' F% lIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
, C1 ?7 L& i; G3 s7 S: a. J: d0 R9 i/ Pa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
  C$ L/ U* `; [6 ]; \directed me:
# E' _$ W8 f3 k' {: m, s% ?! T  mLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
. z) B5 Q6 ~, g, qto decipher it,
8 ?8 d; P  b5 G& a* \no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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2 K: G( [3 f0 C( f; N) c$ t+ w原文在此：
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; c1 u$ i, u$ g. qThe Layers
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8 Q# R# a8 H$ h: iI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
: S, J0 |& e& c. M1 O. zand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
1 i  h, D* V2 [- z- O7 Nabides, from which I struggle
2 K2 L* W2 R# L; k! Y8 Cnot to stray.
1 g3 \9 u, h  I, l7 iWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
+ k, v' v3 H: g+ N9 v9 {before I can gather strength
' w) Q; k4 k; \0 z  k5 {to proceed on my journey,
" [/ M9 ?5 U" `4 [0 MI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
. v; j: U& Z/ U, |4 u: H* Oand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
, a6 I$ ~; Z3 n$ l8 d4 Nwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
7 P4 y; j% n4 w1 E/ ^; qout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
6 k9 w, H6 X3 l6 p  K# sHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
% V$ D+ u0 Q2 n4 lthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
4 ^8 u* F: b: R4 c2 C& H) H! f; @  Sbitterly stings my face.
; \7 x. E! z0 h/ F, Z3 }1 T" lYet I turn, I turn,
- p1 A7 Q& U& I( T$ aexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
2 \; K. t! a( O, }$ F6 Wwhereever I need to go,
2 K% e. u  Q- }3 J  u6 Nand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
9 n' j2 S" [( }3 N9 B8 {and I roamed through wreckage,
+ W1 e5 K7 ~) [$ J1 H0 ]& Ra nimbus-clouded voice
: B+ w( i& w: O7 Q+ Q: Ndirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
$ A6 I6 m1 [4 ~' L% Z; nThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
# a3 K) a; z+ B$ y& N7 a1 jno doubt the next chapter
- ^- e5 w" T# `; \8 `4 fin my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
' a/ B/ {+ u0 {& g9 _—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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

6 l7 m' [. U% W# s# C5 ]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