【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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    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
  V+ p/ P* g4 O, s7 y& Fout of his true affections.
I go, I go
' U) ?1 m7 \, P, M$ e2 vexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
6 n( n1 d0 y. iwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
8 I/ h: x% l" v/ a1 b3 h! Wwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
7 y/ X7 @1 ?* \" n8 u8 `a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
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Live in the layers
7 N9 b1 [8 ~( @4 O" g- enot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
1 \- f4 R+ M" M6 Jto decipher it,
* c% r0 {6 v" w  c' Cno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
" b# {- W% E5 h: |# g5 His already written.
  S  i0 y: ?3 l4 x  \. uI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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% k9 Z+ C# ~" Z/ Q& DThe Layers
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4 O, P8 ]6 ]7 R# e. cI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
; y. w7 p1 _* Q' h: n6 F  Y/ vand I am not who I was,
4 O( j" a+ S$ h1 T) Rthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
% u7 f) U, W- f% |% L  Yas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
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" r: E# d6 q5 h$ \1 C( R7 II see the milestones dwindling
1 x: ]& U+ {. P6 h' n; [toward the horizon
  R% r. e. ]  ?* Oand the slow fires trailing
+ p( K5 H3 j5 z+ N. Q' a" ^7 @  N' Sfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
( L6 t3 e! V, Z& j/ q" x3 qover which scavenger angels
8 J$ c, ^; F5 q, \; F. z' b# }1 Ewheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
! Q* O- j3 ]. N0 ]* h) w& ]  rand my tribe is scattered!
! |0 H( z, y7 }; w4 BHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
0 z% `/ V0 R$ |" bIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
; w* A, O, m- P/ x5 Xthose who fell along the way,
' y2 x) {6 z/ \) Mbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
9 H) f$ |2 _, d. {; K1 _whereever I need to go,
4 [: T  T. I7 |: U+ p4 ?and every stone on the road
precious to me.
8 k& b$ @# I9 m- n+ E7 G* SIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
' M' n8 D6 Y" r! Y( l; Ea nimbus-clouded voice
+ i8 g" \' I+ Kdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
( O7 r5 C5 g  g+ G8 e3 y, n$ n$ U—Stanley Kunitz

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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
+ l8 o3 r- z$ w/ o1 i) a% k+ \1 Y' s谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

: `& o. k0 N6 }1 w& @; }# a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