【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。
9 M5 M6 ^, W3 B! s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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4 r/ y8 q: ~5 u7 _5 LI have walked through many websites,
' Z# x0 H0 Z2 ^; X& W" Msome of them I like,
# \$ E# I5 N# l2 o/ a# S. J* wand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
$ p- S* j9 S6 j. q5 \1 O; {I go, I go
6 Y3 p  Z7 w7 Q" E' `: {exulting somewhat,
; @+ }  U( t, b& cwith my will intact to go
# d& v5 P) W7 p" Xwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
0 F$ \* \7 U. B; x% [+ vIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
/ @$ F+ ]# w9 L7 pand I roamed through websites,
/ u8 t. B1 i; da nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
8 B" H2 n/ g2 p- N% J/ `9 ?directed me:
Live in the layers
" Z6 A' c" j2 F; Pnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
3 Y/ |! [$ W* Z! G* d3 W, yin my book of transformations
2 _* g1 t+ W; Eis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
1 a* E$ b/ l: |% B4 o5 L1 ^' z) bsome of them my own,
5 s% P7 Z& f% N! B& Z" F1 {) }1 Oand I am not who I was,
6 P/ n: f' K' K5 Xthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
  V' g6 K" M2 I9 z* tnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
* p& q$ T; [5 i9 D* G8 o/ vbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
6 I( z& ?, ^1 ]+ y* NI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
1 U( m0 P4 [+ @7 O7 f$ m2 t: yand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
6 D# w# J$ D* `5 y: I1 b- ^over which scavenger angels
7 m5 `% _# A/ `0 R4 \* t. U( @wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
; g# V' `; N) n9 O* x) z# tand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
( y  _. j; c) ^5 t1 R+ V* r: Uto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
9 a: M' Y# I2 S3 a( R, E3 I. OYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
% v0 ~$ e7 O1 V5 y9 Wwhereever I need to go,
: V& H/ c, ]* A' zand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
! R# }' |/ i' W6 L& dwhen the moon was covered
0 J$ C: o3 A! M; p6 q* [0 Nand I roamed through wreckage,
, t0 m2 N  l( i. G) f1 pa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
0 s7 ?  P9 {' a( z! {) U"Live in the layers,
% Q6 }# C3 z* M/ l2 R1 Ynot on the litter."
9 P8 L, n8 y- ~Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
! F. Q6 i1 Z2 [# Q1 cno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
: _4 u: [- C# z4 d! ~is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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8 \0 z# X$ B4 C[ 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

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
$ _+ Z! _, r+ E# f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