【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。
6 i6 E2 N  D; [$ g  \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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2 D* r2 D! I* b# w( U    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
5 m- a- ~. u; U/ t( s7 WOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
& f8 n  e' e' M1 g* I1 p9 Iand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
2 H) F9 C% j- t6 t# J( fand I roamed through websites,
& e+ A" F6 g2 I% X7 fa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
: A" _# f9 v! z9 Q& p6 bdirected me:
- O2 Q3 Y( o! i, iLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
. N: b! a  S6 f8 O$ ^1 ^in my book of transformations
. {; P. A  M3 F3 G7 X8 ris already written.
. J, {* q0 K( s& g4 m  QI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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+ m( J) D6 k  p, P$ V6 T( n( eThe Layers
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& o* E: P) z# ?2 L" [9 }I have walked through many lives,
- s+ ~8 b& m% i! v- n+ _, Esome of them my own,
) I6 l6 m- H. ^' L  k# {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
9 I" j& B3 T% T. Y( {1 obefore I can gather strength
9 O7 i# ?1 H# `& wto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
0 f$ A1 \# J( }8 T% [. sover which scavenger angels
* m7 @* R) F1 i3 @6 t8 \  Y. xwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
$ A6 B8 q, a* pHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
  w! n8 R" @  i" V1 N' _In a rising wind
9 x8 }* E" e! I# Lthe manic dust of my friends,
0 W4 T* J: v4 R: Y* nthose who fell along the way,
" `6 @: B7 Q; ~bitterly stings my face.
6 o# F/ ]' H  `' p" M! lYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
3 J# W* L1 d. ]0 ]  k7 q) w) M- S/ w, kwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
+ y( c1 g/ H! J6 ~and every stone on the road
precious to me.
: ~0 f5 i8 O% K: d0 HIn my darkest night,
4 p. l0 i3 R7 M5 D% y4 s9 A/ mwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
! b+ [$ \/ d8 T# S: V! DThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
: B$ G4 q5 Z9 I4 x7 I; [; R8 gin my book of transformations
( x' g5 R$ d: W" w/ }' `5 V$ |is already written.
2 \9 T- \* Y& u4 B( dI am not done with my changes.
/ e# l, l+ M8 t, i% _—Stanley Kunitz

. g% `& Q4 E2 I0 u) s; i[ 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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

( `# |* Q) M' c' k8 ^( h9 C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