【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。
) M/ {/ g* X; @" i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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8 ]# M/ V9 s% n4 Y    The layers

2 e( h0 Y- \7 o8 s1 }I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
, g0 I4 e" {& v* ]9 i- R- bOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
2 S$ d* W" G9 @  b4 R% ?out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
. `# A) {8 ?9 R$ Q0 twherever I need to go,
" h9 t( [7 c9 H5 z/ h7 D5 Zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
4 }4 o" M: Y+ I: va nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
2 }2 w: ^. i% P+ Q2 Cdirected me:
- D4 w* Y' j4 \/ Z8 lLive in the layers
% t4 \4 }) ?( D/ J  _8 i2 b1 e! d# Onot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
# u6 a7 C; {' A) Pno doubt the next chaper
7 Y2 w% i2 u; o+ r2 Cin my book of transformations
) v7 h$ H( t& F; R- ^( l) R: Jis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

% s2 B; K, e& C* j. H- J) d3 O原文在此：
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0 U  h3 R) R. `4 Z& ~The Layers

; u7 n* E3 |3 ~  j% B  c$ i+ _I have walked through many lives,
& {' @  p8 v- r9 Wsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
. ^) M5 H5 X) T5 [though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
* y! s8 o- v! f+ O. c2 C7 Hnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
6 V7 z( j9 E  ]before I can gather strength
$ w7 v; I" z4 e! Uto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
0 |& M( u) T8 R$ A% W! E% |# m$ u$ ^and the slow fires trailing
* S3 F7 B, P' o7 L4 ifrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
3 b; F; u% N4 R& c$ D; q3 FIn a rising wind
( g! ^& r. V9 s% |4 i8 }8 ?+ ~the manic dust of my friends,
5 [+ n: R8 J& S. V4 k3 @those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
/ l$ O1 E3 S. e* HYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
3 H  y9 d- W; ~' E) ^0 o6 nwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
) \6 x; ?" R7 ^! Fprecious to me.
! ]$ E1 `4 B5 I: D/ PIn my darkest night,
' N9 S" P6 W1 |9 v" F! O, ]when the moon was covered
! l6 v) ]1 g! ~. ~& p2 Xand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
( Z# U7 q( X! R; n"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
4 N2 g: T$ w0 X4 qto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
4 x9 j; @$ t9 `7 P; ?; `in my book of transformations
( C* R5 p' ^+ \is already written.
; G' J7 [( O# @( `4 H  nI 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
$ R7 M+ k3 r9 C+ Q, E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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$ _- }6 M2 E* o2 a/ Z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