【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。
/ y0 D, l9 {" {" ]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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9 H6 Y, @, o" e. V) J2 ~    The layers

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
& x4 x+ q9 ~9 O' x4 p1 R% `out of his true affections.
" L' y& [* ]4 M7 I8 f( CI go, I go
1 K- R! [) T; k' ~5 \exulting somewhat,
2 [; @. z! n4 N: F  _5 Z) D3 Nwith my will intact to go
, |: k5 F/ Q, M1 v) `1 Dwherever I need to go,
and 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
6 _+ i1 B' y3 z6 w, kdirected me:
Live in the layers
: d/ _! h: T# k9 R' snot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
! ^% U5 S# W0 ?3 Rno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
6 n" E( Q& F4 t; j5 cis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

* g* S) f, Z/ D3 ~; H  @5 Z; bI have walked through many lives,
2 ^3 |  R9 \1 N% l6 Isome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
, f' @& w( M  w/ c" D( |toward the horizon
' f; o0 ?+ u3 U4 Wand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
. \9 ]7 v$ ]/ Z; I0 vwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
, D( G2 G5 k* Z/ S5 g+ ]2 rout of my true affections,
0 P3 |5 E7 }( A+ |# f2 R9 f0 }and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
) X6 e0 ]0 n3 \! G$ Y, d1 e  Ythose who fell along the way,
: @2 w) d+ R" _* }5 zbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
. p  f  R* g( x& Eand every stone on the road
2 V: ^% L1 O) V$ [precious to me.
# B+ V/ @3 S' X5 i9 [/ Q  r, TIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
0 u0 d2 ?3 c  u6 ~"Live in the layers,
6 b4 y8 n% ~; \9 A" ?not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
7 B- [' M8 L9 P4 F8 |" K: B$ ito decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
$ o- a* M9 K, f! c0 Ein my book of transformations
) }/ n% T5 ^% p& X' D7 D; `. \1 T& Tis already written.
I 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
  T$ y* @8 x2 l3 m5 K! m4 S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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$ e- z" f: h2 {8 D. w5 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
6 ?! P% E& \; {8 T( m谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

; u0 a& V# C4 J. k6 O9 x1 O# t/ j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