【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。
& w8 X3 ]& J. j4 |+ \5 K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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3 {- U, k  g6 j. Y8 `) {- U* o    The layers

$ }0 ~1 J# W: K( C9 ?/ P/ nI have walked through many websites,
& ^) _, D# ?- u! Z- ~% h/ m: Fsome of them I like,
5 b; R6 @$ e2 m* _' W3 \and some of them I do not like.
: Z: I# n5 v% y% W. I9 YOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
# {$ M0 l, b5 f+ gout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
3 [% l: x3 I% M, Y1 e% Fwherever I need to go,
& x: }8 K  }5 k$ r( ^1 h9 N/ e5 ^and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
( i2 |* z% ?3 }* U( W& fPrecious to me.
9 Z$ X9 ?- K' L6 `$ t2 r, O2 ~0 A0 FIn my darkest night,
& D! {: Z( d) J) j# ~: C8 L: rwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
9 g" B3 Q, g. L8 z! B. K! Z$ L+ {a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
3 ?! s3 L  L' S$ _# z* e4 c# Ldirected me:
4 p9 Q+ H0 K- L5 q2 w7 wLive in the layers
5 N5 ~9 t. c. e. C; Znot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
' I' B( N/ Q  K' g! mto decipher it,
5 L/ P! u# y% T& B4 ^4 bno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
' v( K7 [/ i7 S' s/ xis already written.
1 b* Z, ]+ v- T/ {: D# p8 G: TI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

0 Z3 z- I; [! C$ }- T. q; t原文在此：
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6 ?( ?# Z0 m" T  J: {0 r. PThe Layers

* X- C6 U3 m) }5 e7 JI have walked through many lives,
7 W0 ^! h# U# w1 m% X3 Nsome of them my own,
: V  k$ {) ~  ?# z4 [$ P- Cand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
* b$ n" \: j+ \$ ynot to stray.
& }. I3 Q. C( h, p7 ?: dWhen I look behind,
* O8 ]2 \9 ]; `9 q$ ^as I am compelled to look
+ G4 M1 z! L  d- _0 Qbefore I can gather strength
7 v8 s0 I9 K, K5 N/ v3 uto proceed on my journey,
1 w6 z6 I: e2 q( V; m$ T9 G5 |I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
( ^  d. R! w* \4 @& j. i. ]: s. cfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
4 N9 i, b1 Q9 k) B- Iover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
, l/ J1 }4 s6 W2 n3 M. mOh, I have made myself a tribe
: Z; a/ H: ?' P- pout of my true affections,
0 a5 {" `! R  Q1 N/ s, r, m: Y: C) iand my tribe is scattered!
$ G7 h* c4 a, j; rHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
  T# v  x, ^1 Athose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
6 R4 c4 ^/ F1 L! ]6 C" l& sand I roamed through wreckage,
, R6 c# t3 T3 o# ?a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
8 {1 }2 \- t; Z% }3 nThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
, `0 j+ d9 `) @! Qin my book of transformations
6 B9 L4 u% q+ X; R* u5 J: R" M, N2 _is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
7 N# T! n6 X* w' g, C—Stanley Kunitz

3 Q/ J! y: D2 y% z' @[ 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
% w- M0 Q% [0 D( Z4 Q你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

' \& P6 J$ B  Z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
" u0 q2 W. I, k4 X" g谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

7 O2 S+ }6 F# {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