【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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, H7 g. ?* |' e    The layers
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; M* o" p, x: o/ u. SI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
- N2 _0 y1 U+ J; \and some of them I do not like.
7 A1 f# w; a: e) j" bOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
  T! K$ b2 R2 |) n7 {7 [6 {, I) uexulting somewhat,
2 }$ b! b/ I" {3 }# awith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
& U) |! t$ t$ t" Uwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
9 W1 i' H7 k) e/ Q' u! \4 Y8 l8 Ja nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
6 I) ~& t) K* ^5 N4 i9 C! }. Sdirected me:
& N$ ]& W; B/ o; V# n, sLive in the layers
not on the litter.
1 {, p- o5 v  t" z& OThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
0 I' s2 W6 K, T3 s! L) tno doubt the next chaper
7 ^& M4 t1 G% V- ~2 Xin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
2 a2 H$ G* d: @2 cabides, from which I struggle
& Z9 k7 X) C0 m& y) \, Anot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
+ V3 `0 C- a" S& e/ H/ O" Fbefore I can gather strength
7 ]  [& H5 E7 f4 y  Z4 t* e, uto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
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- z+ v1 u: {( q4 W) a& ufrom 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!
- |& V  v  e' F% ^2 sHow shall the heart be reconciled
. _: U/ R2 L' d# o$ H1 Uto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
5 b6 x6 H/ \* l+ i$ ~the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
. y6 d+ M( W  K. s3 g  {% c$ Y+ jbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
2 M, f3 v7 m0 `6 V* L$ M* Uwith my will intact to go
( q& ]: _' K2 q+ D8 X; twhereever I need to go,
* q8 k( X; E5 a0 i+ }/ Hand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
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"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
8 e! k6 u# n* z  V! O3 Vto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
5 C, D1 m1 w+ B% cis already written.
5 R9 R, A) s  H3 t! o$ a/ J" ~I am not done with my changes.
# D1 u- |* p4 b0 L—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
) F* w$ R1 D& a" @& V4 i' t) t$ a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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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
, C8 ]5 ~0 Z$ g谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

' E8 d9 [" l8 l& H2 Y' U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