【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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    The layers
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! O7 w6 R$ K: R. l# vI have walked through many websites,
( N' y& `& w  z# |1 ?" rsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
7 c6 b. D5 Q5 A. Tout of his true affections.
) b) F2 |0 ?  W# u+ Q0 I6 aI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
/ u! A" Q2 J. N$ q& zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
  g- ~- J, k7 V; F, KPrecious to me.
* h6 k, a  s+ n+ t' g- v" y. P/ C/ }In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
# M8 }8 g6 s  n5 F( fand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
+ t; x( j8 T1 OLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
2 D8 Z# Z3 M. Y- [$ d2 E4 H) F/ [to decipher it,
8 F$ b6 W6 n( T6 ~no doubt the next chaper
. A/ U' m; j4 b5 Z* D0 Iin my book of transformations
& l9 l; d3 ?' uis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

; v4 q; e( H, p- X: \8 {! k; _2 I原文在此：

# [+ @9 ]& S" U! aThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
7 I) f/ G  u* G2 |& A2 G6 Jand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
/ A2 R. J: r" g( _6 Labides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
9 a/ r4 j6 _: z) M. `( Q( b2 das I am compelled to look
1 X; V" t- Z; i& zbefore I can gather strength
: ~* Q4 R' V  cto proceed on my journey,
1 ]  n- h  P) m. @I see the milestones dwindling
6 K; [1 y  x! I$ n$ d9 f6 S5 m1 ?toward the horizon
) v& N" x% U: O& f2 U7 u7 Z" xand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
! o3 T9 M9 o+ S5 x; l" k3 F/ B! ywheel on heavy wings.
( Q6 V: g& Y/ sOh, I have made myself a tribe
' Z# B6 ^: V$ m; j5 [out of my true affections,
8 x) @' Q- q" O- sand my tribe is scattered!
: p! L7 B5 }5 E2 qHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
- F2 Z: g) x! Z1 r0 ?6 S+ T" pIn a rising wind
; A! k! G  o9 q! ?the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
5 m7 e8 m; T, {6 ~. k) ^# \with my will intact to go
; `* @4 r; y# q6 u. vwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
& R& W6 N: \; _2 w6 b2 J- S! c/ ?precious to me.
: `5 j$ P! f6 e  e4 I. I, IIn my darkest night,
' E, B$ A, m! p, }when the moon was covered
0 _1 n3 b, O  ^# X1 j% I5 W/ kand I roamed through wreckage,
( p- c  N' V5 N/ Ea nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
) g1 f0 x+ g- c8 C$ h2 i1 LThough I lack the art
' M5 e# Y6 e* dto decipher it,
1 w# I7 D8 I3 b" jno doubt the next chapter
- M# p. D: D2 R" y* Min my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
( \* g$ {3 `1 B—Stanley Kunitz

* u6 T; L+ V/ }9 p[ 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 ^1 b& m% C2 ~# X( T你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

9 t' Z/ K) F* h/ R: x+ C! l
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
: E; H/ E2 l- f/ R* V& Q6 ?4 U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