【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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0 {) d4 i7 t3 ^3 }    The layers
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! h: T7 T6 I% b6 \0 B- h5 EI have walked through many websites,
% w/ j+ S, Z$ t$ X% w" esome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
: M1 W. E# S' g' J, f0 h! uI go, I go
+ C- y# n3 y8 Y. N# L7 a2 ]exulting somewhat,
0 z1 |$ J/ ]4 r& N' Y" ]3 Cwith my will intact to go
  `1 h$ U" c) A" K- C4 ywherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
& A! y3 |  U' b6 l9 YIn my darkest night,
& d8 M# C" `: y- nwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
: O% w9 D3 c. c) Qnot on the litter.
, {* ^2 ~& l5 t& tThough I lack the art
& }" Y$ S/ J# G4 @7 P1 dto decipher it,
! C. e$ F0 g# I; Tno doubt the next chaper
" x7 X  W# X4 ?& d' v$ win my book of transformations
- y& p$ d5 `% i1 a9 Y. tis already written.
% g/ F. }7 C9 {7 S6 `# aI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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- _6 k: Y- H- `7 e; {) }+ S原文在此：

The Layers

9 `3 ^" {* d7 e0 ]3 T: q. vI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
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though some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
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to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
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and the slow fires trailing
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! H  s3 C3 s% i% hover which scavenger angels
7 Z/ }" n! c/ X, ?  T  T2 o/ z( wwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
/ i/ \% v- V- B" Z0 S9 uout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
# X# V. f& d% k' T0 ]8 S3 w- uHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
! ?6 ^! n$ I/ Z, [In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
8 F) g! ~6 @, u, `( bwhen the moon was covered
, l" a8 z$ ]% j) {and I roamed through wreckage,
, q7 T1 d3 \& {  j- ea nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
0 e. \( y, @3 e% b: @8 X3 o+ H! xnot on the litter."
. e5 K+ j' m* ?; }( mThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations
is already written.
I 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
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
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