【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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- j5 [: q6 O1 O3 Y! ?( O    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
7 k( |7 N+ z% |$ _7 g+ uOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
/ _1 c( ~4 Z1 B8 x% R# G" O9 G+ ~/ uout of his true affections.
I go, I go
, Y1 v) w( ]8 s( @  M2 Sexulting somewhat,
, b+ |/ V- b. i7 Gwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
+ P' N7 i" W. i+ G+ Eand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
' |" |1 \& Z. [8 RIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
, j5 O2 y. D& |, m7 L5 v2 ^and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
+ R& [: {; K4 j, k% H* pdirected me:
* ]6 N; q/ I# u3 GLive in the layers
, i  G  ?+ r% J% Q; Q7 hnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
# h0 `3 k7 e& t5 j8 m) q- J6 ^to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
5 _' K' n" b8 S& t% u9 Yin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

! ^" r+ }0 E: B; o9 EThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
. F0 j7 O! U! o; ksome 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
toward the horizon
: {; N2 g9 V7 X8 ]2 Xand the slow fires trailing
6 w* }% W7 r) [- c! c; \6 afrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
8 U! o- K! C" D7 c0 Vout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
7 B6 _9 i. u8 n  r# X# `How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
" W4 R4 k; i# w' l4 cIn a rising wind
. ]! d* c$ D/ [& k! O' W0 vthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
2 {8 V0 G" n, M. x$ X2 \0 `+ \exulting somewhat,
  g( B4 C; |. Awith my will intact to go
7 W! r) L" y; _7 V/ g4 Gwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
% K7 ?1 f6 o' n- Y7 X: Y# {precious to me.
In my darkest night,
% F$ H2 L. n6 c" o- J/ s/ Y, D5 E) Q+ Uwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
5 E( [8 I7 G) n+ u& o4 {directed me:
3 Z' V7 w0 m& Y2 }"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
, e$ O, [% P4 n, }; ~& [* EThough I lack the art
7 _; I  K% L. Gto decipher it,
; R) M# }* H6 R. P. v6 u6 Xno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
6 u+ S6 a, i6 N6 NI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

. z% W) x' v, |, d5 C. j: }[ 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
+ t5 A! s3 Y* U5 |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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

2 R  [& H, s& C& d2 N8 T% q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