【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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4 B7 {  i9 F0 o4 t    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
8 \$ |1 H9 V  \3 ]- Qand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
* z4 t% |% _' R; Eexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
1 X3 I) H" f* L' S2 cwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
% [# m! n7 q6 k& A$ [: Bwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
% ?+ M3 F. e; a' P" [, d5 Z5 ?- k. D1 Ea nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
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Live in the layers
not on the litter.
1 R7 s. d, |* BThough I lack the art
& O" s9 K3 L9 A# c8 U* |* m) f: K' Rto decipher it,
: m, P- F& O1 L+ vno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
" g$ O) C9 t5 ]* V( ^2 sI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
3 n. a/ Y+ O* U5 Gas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
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and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
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wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
$ T: [6 y$ n$ ~out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
) `% s) g3 \/ a* ?5 {In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
- q9 I3 Q( g. x( sthose who fell along the way,
; I+ e$ v, X# ibitterly stings my face.
9 x" c5 l  Z* E# v8 IYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
2 k) ^$ M$ V4 b0 E2 S- ?9 awith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
9 ~" y* `& S$ {+ [5 r; P2 n+ eand every stone on the road
precious to me.
3 O5 Y- B1 j- X  ^! R9 l" c1 vIn my darkest night,
6 W& B$ i  v8 [when the moon was covered
  @$ l7 P2 M5 z" Jand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
/ `; `4 U4 |3 p9 R$ gnot on the litter."
" s2 v& ]2 r9 ?8 pThough I lack the art
9 `& E6 o' e% Bto decipher it,
9 [% e. n- l' e4 ]no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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% {9 m. z0 C# h: l/ `, ?# ]I am not done with my changes.
* N$ T  x( k4 h! S) e# p—Stanley Kunitz

$ W# `! g7 ~* L/ U5 D# U8 J. U[ 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

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' q8 A" S5 v) M) s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