【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。
" K" K& E6 s0 L5 x$ A* n" 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



1 \5 k# J) j8 B# R* b! r    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
$ I4 j  a! h: ~/ c  v' h* Sand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
. ^4 S2 a: ^( `) m. eout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" u  z/ c0 Q. z9 \* kwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
) N0 f# n0 i4 U% l* q4 gIn my darkest night,
0 s/ v2 |: b; |& I  awhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
1 W7 W: U4 n: w. ?not on the litter.
9 m& T$ A, G% N* \* c8 o5 R$ FThough I lack the art
# u6 @/ @- C: Z  U, |% Mto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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. h- O+ M! V5 ]5 l: k原文在此：
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; x. r3 h: Q0 J  \$ F6 WThe Layers
' [. x9 H2 A; c  g4 e; d( _! _
" F( c, x0 B1 A6 T2 a; U5 E- fI have walked through many lives,
: P. Z2 N) e0 D* d  {% Jsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
/ X* M! x3 u$ d  G+ Y% q8 xthough some principle of being
# b: h# J4 {! q* N, N$ Gabides, from which I struggle
4 ?" s4 a% r% P( z- Enot to stray.
. v2 x$ c1 P4 Q4 m# ^) zWhen I look behind,
( |/ K! _, M" x; N( ]6 y% Las I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
3 U% x) S# U& J3 a  qI see the milestones dwindling
3 ?- w9 s( l. ?$ X# \$ Htoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
. e3 |9 c# O# k( e/ \, a4 C- R0 k- mOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
* S. t2 Y+ Q4 ]and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
' X5 ^/ n5 D' R7 k' K$ r$ A, w. Nthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
$ r. }) D6 U- g1 {Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
* i$ f* t- M; l; Wwith my will intact to go
/ u! s# ?. d8 rwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
9 G; q& K: q6 h2 a, \& o7 Tprecious to me.
9 y) \8 o9 a3 W1 `% s5 K7 u# vIn my darkest night,
% Y( Q$ h7 a# z/ \  `! `* ~when the moon was covered
; P1 ]$ M/ H- x9 T! @: }and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
$ o9 x$ C4 Q! `2 L- IThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
* H6 k, e1 L3 O& [0 H—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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

# O/ P' ?: p+ L1 Y6 ^
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

! j2 c& |* z$ H6 f& k) }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