【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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2 ^  R) q3 J* V9 S& ^  {    The layers
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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
" G' Z# q1 v$ h& c' P" p+ i6 @out of his true affections.
3 E1 f; ~8 F$ o5 ]I go, I go
3 U) X+ f2 p5 E' W$ T, {exulting somewhat,
+ v1 h, P1 w9 K+ lwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
! \3 Q7 O; t( X' `' D. \Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
7 x- ^6 H1 h1 J+ {- ^5 Aa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
3 ~3 f6 z& ~$ g. ^7 vnot on the litter.
7 y' j  d4 E& l# pThough I lack the art
5 K/ j0 G5 D( b9 I& zto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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$ E) n4 h7 z7 g- ]) W9 z3 V/ x. AThe Layers
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# s3 M, }- o- HI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
+ @9 m% o9 |) K# nand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
1 ]6 g; M+ N' A# ~* s7 [6 inot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
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I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
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over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
% J$ S) ^: o% N& s! ROh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
. t/ F* P7 a& V9 Aand my tribe is scattered!
5 p  t6 l( d$ Q+ A; tHow shall the heart be reconciled
2 I5 I* g: U- a' U7 Nto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
5 k( X7 P8 X2 a- V  l' h+ p! lthe manic dust of my friends,
6 o  o  w! p) {1 jthose who fell along the way,
' C, _5 q4 C3 @6 i8 Qbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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,
1 L9 }  w) D0 u1 ]% @; I  Hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
/ u( @+ [# A$ T) K) @- X"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
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1 f/ z7 ?% m) b+ {+ ?no doubt the next chapter
2 _" D. v  V" k. o1 C* t. [5 _in my book of transformations
is already written.
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
) ]/ }( v3 T6 ?4 T( e' h+ |: X2 @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
' j* Y9 v: U  B6 e. H谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

7 h* R- b8 }' r& i% |8 e5 o$ F8 A& Z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