【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

+ G8 K$ k' P- }) _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
7 \( U8 B' {! pout of his true affections.
( W4 k. ]$ O" x& g+ P" yI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
* J0 A3 j3 n1 Gwith 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
+ v: A( Z) b/ `$ R$ ^5 fand I roamed through websites,
. K8 n, ^; o* a2 A( a  O2 C. J. La nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
5 J  x: w. y% ?9 D4 U- N! Bdirected me:
) U' X* f% B! _4 W' y5 bLive in the layers
+ K6 J4 H9 u: ]) w' Z  Rnot on the litter.
; X0 f9 \7 f! b2 j; }, gThough I lack the art
$ f$ v  b2 p, \2 Z  }to decipher it,
: j& b: w. Q5 w% o! o2 |  Rno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

& ]/ G" i% \; T. [原文在此：
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- M8 X( t9 h, n1 K( ~, h  ^The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
/ J5 Z+ z! {8 Y  c# csome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
& ~) F8 X- X0 M% `8 U/ U2 Ythough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
& I, K' G+ O' M* }8 rnot to stray.
! C) f) k. T) V0 F5 b: h9 p5 F2 p+ aWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
2 L3 x2 u/ `. \/ }2 q# ~toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
' r+ d% u) p$ a) g* P+ Q8 l( S/ vfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
2 B, H9 j0 m9 A+ Q+ w! I% jover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
4 t/ p, V) _% h2 o! |Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
8 a- h6 o' p3 A1 J% ]. Q+ a0 Eto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
2 j" r' J9 p4 {8 p7 jthose who fell along the way,
( [6 K3 w* V; C. k: Ybitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
+ L$ @% b$ @) G; O8 ^whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
* z: _  u' N5 N  Z# mprecious to me.
9 g: D! D4 v9 s; @In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
$ d3 v: s7 A" U4 c  j  jand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
# o5 b& p, L- O"Live in the layers,
& S/ `+ \" @' A/ W0 Unot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
) x3 u8 _/ P4 i: w: ^; A, v  Gno doubt the next chapter
! L8 q6 |1 |9 U0 I2 N9 l# k8 Tin my book of transformations
is already written.
0 K) S: Q3 B- y, I9 N. kI am not done with my changes.
6 u% u* {: N, ]) V! \+ e—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
( c& e, F$ Y' d$ @) T* U9 k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
; \; `1 t' T4 J, U% M谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

/ W, \. a- t) T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