【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。
, L  R2 X+ H* h* {6 u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



9 ~; S, s8 H# V' D+ l$ |. d2 R- l1 Y    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
: E. o- A. Z7 F7 m/ hsome of them I like,
* L5 C. {! _- N9 oand some of them I do not like.
; B  N: E! w9 f3 }3 B& i9 K/ `+ \Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
: s/ L: C  A/ c- `* cwith my will intact to go
+ V/ h6 {$ F6 Y5 B. S& ]wherever I need to go,
+ _' x  E. a6 V5 R6 K0 ]* Pand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
( j9 U4 s2 h9 k" i! WPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
$ r' L% r5 Y, O! ^- S( ], Q: XLive in the layers
not on the litter.
. z% T6 {$ V3 f5 [: YThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
; O) D& Y: [8 B  M, b! tno doubt the next chaper
( H/ r) K% K1 |  Z" p0 Fin my book of transformations
; T5 W4 s! f" his already written.
7 S/ y2 X8 L" lI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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8 B) N; o6 y: B% _原文在此：

) B' I2 @+ K" d5 GThe Layers

4 y1 r* w2 ^( ~# N2 II have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
2 i, k: z  D. v" u$ Zand 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
; \) J& l: Y# A" p- C/ B. v( jbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
' y3 o5 b3 Z& {* [. ]# U) Z) A! g7 L9 stoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
! z# B2 P6 U8 w7 Q5 V! xfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
& t0 R" M& Z3 lover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
0 e  C+ c4 d! ^6 A2 KOh, I have made myself a tribe
2 J! x1 ?6 c- w" pout of my true affections,
3 d& l% w8 X5 k0 K2 ^4 @9 n9 @and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
2 d2 e3 I7 N4 y5 }4 q' lIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
3 I* K1 i! ^- Fthose who fell along the way,
7 c% R# G$ L4 j2 K5 bbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
* u$ O+ i# X$ E4 x. C. \exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
: ~9 G0 Y8 g, D; Yprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
. M- d- K8 k8 x8 J" iwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
+ O4 Y* B7 L, A6 M) T$ u8 D1 p"Live in the layers,
" \5 u$ x: D. ]8 p9 ]1 M1 T+ \not on the litter."
  i' n. N- a' r, w, ZThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
! f5 D! _& H. u6 J# oin my book of transformations
9 }: _) d5 K' ]/ }4 z9 C3 lis already written.
1 g: t1 p+ K0 E3 k2 pI 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

& Z  F4 F& z7 `; u4 I
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
& D+ m/ o+ v  t$ W5 A谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

" ~& s  D) g8 p! i" l1 a! w) S( w- X8 d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