【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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+ M* A/ Z" ~; M* l; p2 E, s    The layers

3 X9 S7 O8 k3 l/ ^: i/ u" nI have walked through many websites,
) |( C- x5 v3 hsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
. j9 L( ~" X) t3 s: b5 y7 kout of his true affections.
! T5 e8 `; t! _  e! HI go, I go
8 H- S% V5 {. s; }5 ]$ wexulting somewhat,
. W' X( g$ x2 a8 }2 w; Twith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
/ D+ `( W0 f9 z  EIn my darkest night,
! j  C0 |9 [, U8 N6 _9 {when the moon was covered
  x! q7 Q1 A/ x8 J/ ]6 N6 wand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
( Q$ f3 c7 E1 [9 ]9 A4 Adirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
1 P, Y9 l9 l- P0 \8 v3 X4 T# w4 Oto decipher it,
5 l$ f) ^2 w9 N, C2 q4 eno doubt the next chaper
  [$ D1 b& H# ?! xin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

: h* @0 H( l- z( h+ l原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
7 D- d- D5 }0 h% ~1 y2 j, M  Lsome of them my own,
0 S$ Q- `. Q% s$ k1 T0 N6 N4 Mand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
* b: g' b" X+ q. ]6 Iabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
5 U$ C6 U4 m2 NWhen I look behind,
" B: i- h* g: N; k' T1 Bas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
! ~( z: M6 d$ |. R, ~1 }to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
' G+ B: n) k' z( Z* F. rand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
9 O  `( r. Z1 D0 I+ a1 w- ^over which scavenger angels
, |  N2 z1 r3 ]& Gwheel 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
% S' `0 ^9 i' e$ ~$ q, ]to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
  I, w/ \5 K! d& X! r: |5 O1 }those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
& j0 R  K* D8 fwith my will intact to go
7 i* U' e0 Q. Zwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
2 u. X, B1 Z- g; C4 _8 o, uprecious to me.
0 \  o: d4 u  T7 u) p( m5 }In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
1 G4 v4 J6 C8 S' u0 e/ x7 Ta nimbus-clouded voice
1 @5 V; u" j5 N/ {8 K  J6 n  `6 hdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
8 F% j6 L) t4 t% Tnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
# {9 q- E1 |- r3 c' j& V) ~+ Wto decipher it,
( U6 M: h" T2 L& M$ K; N: @no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
# q2 V8 }- V4 j: M0 k3 J: ?is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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. P$ B9 x% ]- r+ w$ a) e' a! E[ 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
* F- ]) [' p; U- ^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