【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。
% o: _$ L) R0 c" w. F2 v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

6 O+ {8 k' s2 _- vI 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
) P: @# p8 [7 x* nout of his true affections.
0 d6 r$ v' H/ U1 H9 S2 sI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
# |( ]$ d+ d) @; s6 [: v: }4 [with my will intact to go
) z) D; W* q. ?! r7 C1 l# m+ Mwherever I need to go,
, E: I0 D( R( j% p, L; @9 h/ qand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
3 a! V) e6 i" H+ oPrecious 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 v# E9 T/ f. W8 E  t1 H* pLive in the layers
4 o* I8 m$ [7 p0 p% ~not on the litter.
1 `6 K5 }4 T9 H" I9 q9 i6 k, f5 ?Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
: c% ?& Y5 o+ P& u2 B) ]in my book of transformations
$ ?. }: H# R- b; a5 q8 W' Jis already written.
. G/ s1 r& `5 @I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers

1 a9 R6 d3 q7 m0 q9 v6 r& @I have walked through many lives,
- g* B( Y$ l* d+ Y! }+ P2 m% ^some of them my own,
4 g. }! q- ^# Nand I am not who I was,
1 Y9 i4 X& q, `4 z0 sthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
1 j5 [, t+ x! ]When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
2 E* V9 W) _% {. ?  W+ i% U& gbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
+ b& ~$ \) q" [- g! o" t; NI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
: B- f1 |1 p; cand the slow fires trailing
! X" d$ m8 k' z4 o* ~& V2 e: w& T  bfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
8 e9 h' }% n5 @) Pwheel on heavy wings.
+ s% _4 O. I" Y( I) Y7 qOh, I have made myself a tribe
6 g0 s) E9 ~! \- X0 @. u$ ]out of my true affections,
4 I2 q6 |2 n6 ~% land my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
" f6 ~7 F  S; q. L" G9 n* Rthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
; w9 U" W5 E' zYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
6 R$ U4 ~: V1 E5 bwith my will intact to go
0 p& ]) G8 K  P3 j6 X4 jwhereever I need to go,
( k) d( h2 c8 {& ]- Y3 rand every stone on the road
( {, C* Z9 b/ F) Bprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
/ k# V, l8 p+ U) G' U4 ga nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
! |4 |% O( X" L0 t: ^8 f# K"Live in the layers,
! R9 i: ~3 s- unot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
4 c% F* v* l% Gto decipher it,
+ h0 \7 e. z( J, A% s! i! Z0 u( ino doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
) [. Y( y2 S2 n% m- t; Cis already written.
7 X3 M, m* P0 {9 ~I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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. j3 _! O- [- L4 O( r0 ~# ~4 q6 c9 I[ 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

1 Z/ f" }; J1 n3 U5 h9 g4 U/ F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