【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。
" @1 Z( n7 O# _6 x# C$ l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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; x3 R# T* P* }( i) y/ r- G, W    The layers

$ G7 a; J3 @5 K/ r9 M% {2 P6 c. {I have walked through many websites,
% Q" |4 C1 S& s9 ^2 }some of them I like,
5 }5 x+ `* S5 I8 ?" W, A# f" ]5 l* Vand some of them I do not like.
+ q# V2 T6 B% |! _& D/ ~- AOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
6 N  ?# _' t" d  c, v" Zout of his true affections.
I go, I go
# C( e  o# r; c2 S( sexulting somewhat,
2 F& o  z( T. Q, ?with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
/ y1 @+ h! E& d- D# _( c1 X3 d# B/ bPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
/ Z- i- A- U9 _, T* iwhen the moon was covered
) r5 [8 J6 j8 k: e$ Z5 oand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
7 @3 q3 R9 [- \! e* ]( i8 NLive in the layers
not on the litter.
! ?; H% i' y5 K2 L" O- VThough I lack the art
; J" K: N' E4 F! u7 Y5 z; Ito decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
& e; ^0 I, r" `* rI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

" l" W3 s' q+ R) E* u$ d1 Q原文在此：
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; C# x+ o/ z  K) t$ h9 UThe Layers
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) g1 B+ ~/ o6 [' P8 U. u% R9 v' BI have walked through many lives,
- s0 E% @( ^; Q1 W5 _some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
% P6 L) ]8 k. ?not to stray.
0 O5 S! U4 F# H, tWhen I look behind,
% h# F, Q  E& d/ y( {) `2 X& Cas I am compelled to look
6 ^3 m% r6 S) c& Vbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
, i0 a  {  U9 I- Q6 f7 M. Ctoward the horizon
  Q, [  @" C. W+ E( w, p- w8 w/ \and the slow fires trailing
7 f4 J/ b6 h  dfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
8 Y/ W# F* _% p+ w% G$ oover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
+ u" S/ k. O9 `# q, NIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
. R3 ^3 n' `7 q: EYet I turn, I turn,
+ G, |- s* [6 `# @exulting somewhat,
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
+ X, g, e3 I3 sand I roamed through wreckage,
/ V: \. f0 V$ D6 l+ ?8 H) x. |a nimbus-clouded voice
7 k/ |. Y# X: O9 p9 Z$ mdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
1 t( G! R. u. N: s+ f. e- `not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
- U* Z; `6 l; W) rto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
3 |7 \8 H0 ~/ M- o! rin my book of transformations
# {; @2 n% c; }3 yis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
# z1 V. A2 }5 q2 J7 z& @$ E* t—Stanley Kunitz
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# \: c! I8 D. {/ C" i2 J) r[ 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

' h& s( _5 S* B$ m- P3 ]( q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
- P% t  }  V7 p( L" }' Z( h( @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