【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。
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

% p& E4 G, u/ |- J4 OI have walked through many websites,
3 T+ [% z" o4 h- A7 tsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
6 ?2 v3 ?; n0 d0 Q3 lout of his true affections.
I go, I go
6 E9 a3 y. T% Q  iexulting somewhat,
8 k4 ?  ^# B4 @with my will intact to go
% V( G$ L' \0 V- f8 Q" w% i% N( f; twherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
$ Z5 Q6 Z4 ?, Z6 Y7 ?5 ~Precious to me.
/ A# @2 I6 z* k0 YIn my darkest night,
' t4 q  E" [- l& k, P2 Dwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
* l: p$ l  I" q- w9 v* ?% ~a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
6 q% O1 m: `: ELive in the layers
+ r9 a; }6 U# y8 ]5 ?not on the litter.
7 P2 ^0 [9 [' oThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
; h/ }. f9 F  {% ]no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
3 T4 ]3 c& }3 X, D2 t* _4 R4 d8 i( }  pI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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2 j' N$ N& y- ]. J7 q, Z0 M3 |原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
/ l  U5 |% S2 u: I/ }+ B# s6 L9 d/ Wand I am not who I was,
. C6 n" f. J! c" x5 qthough some principle of being
- p6 [7 P/ S+ |! G# ~4 x; `7 Habides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
& h9 ?3 S( S# uWhen I look behind,
3 R1 E) I( H: S% aas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
7 r/ y: ]+ p; n0 [$ c( ?I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
* G: q7 b/ {: Z  I/ T5 Z8 vOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
" J: M5 d# t) x1 Y. t. z& ~' NHow shall the heart be reconciled
* c4 [% f1 [9 c, H( U- oto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
0 ^1 m6 U# s  A# Z$ C9 J& m( cthose who fell along the way,
0 r) u8 [6 I* c1 O4 m, x' lbitterly stings my face.
2 r1 q9 k0 B4 _$ L7 a, M, v# @Yet I turn, I turn,
$ z0 P+ N( q8 Yexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
2 \! ^) ~0 U2 X) @' V- pwhereever I need to go,
4 v  U. J8 |  g+ F6 k5 U0 Wand every stone on the road
* S3 f; \( L# m2 mprecious to me.
( P: o1 V0 Q% Y0 x5 `- Y. _, j0 N4 CIn my darkest night,
! ]. a/ R: w2 ~; r$ C* [) u) s- bwhen the moon was covered
" Z% A) |/ s2 y  C# xand I roamed through wreckage,
7 ?' K. `' T$ c: f' g/ r8 [a nimbus-clouded voice
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"Live in the layers,
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  @, L; H# E6 hThough I lack the art
3 F- G) j% Q# `5 f( Tto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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) }8 _+ {- C- N" G% C9 }I am not done with my changes.
  _  Y, Z; y8 b8 c/ {—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
+ Q/ r" c$ Y6 j. b你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

& P1 Q  c) t5 ^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