【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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; v3 D9 f) s) }5 N  ^% N% e    The layers
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. ^4 }( A6 c7 k+ PI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
' P/ S1 h, R3 v& `0 K( L  bOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
7 h8 t* O5 S+ u* {& O- ZI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
% ]1 }0 ]! Q" b5 b/ x3 n6 dwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
! [9 X, [' y3 f0 X6 hIn my darkest night,
& `6 n  C* E* uwhen the moon was covered
% u, M; G4 _7 n+ R3 }# \, ^and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
' T5 c- v+ D- Z: r' @3 o$ {to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
0 v8 }3 V3 x) m$ q1 A, ^. b! uI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

, A% C, I  m. @3 K8 a$ b原文在此：

The Layers

1 k* |9 w, \/ T+ Z( ^I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
8 Y2 \/ b( v7 U) @( cand I am not who I was,
' k. L; x  K) A0 e, |  Pthough some principle of being
7 i% x5 K: X* x! Nabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
% G7 v. m9 K) s! L0 j/ r6 h3 Tbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
. t0 a3 ~8 |) y  _. p( KI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
/ c$ j" {) M/ Pand the slow fires trailing
1 V/ t' a, g. U& N# {  yfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
, ~* U2 I: `& R# e! iwheel on heavy wings.
1 z0 M% [. L, H& r& m6 \Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
8 v; P+ s5 B+ q2 ?How shall the heart be reconciled
/ M" U- n" f" rto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
4 }" ]' y1 ?0 y, o& dthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
& v6 d  p5 T7 r  ?) bbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
, }+ x" s/ y( G  nexulting somewhat,
6 o. r4 ?' _5 ^: I6 ]5 ]3 S9 Qwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
3 v* n% p1 n$ v/ _" h3 d# D( wand every stone on the road
: x( D! x4 x3 L5 Q# Pprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
$ {7 \. r3 T  a  Qa nimbus-clouded voice
9 n  x9 O# z. Q# idirected me:
0 i/ N$ t, K3 T1 B"Live in the layers,
) t! f; _. m& c! X2 Qnot on the litter."
" i& l' s. n% MThough I lack the art
2 g( b  }: S- n! m' Sto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
8 ?8 C6 m, u2 j* U+ \0 K$ {I am not done with my changes.
—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
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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

8 s! y0 T  _0 k2 E) h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