【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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    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
5 f4 w' F* ]! G. P2 y5 V0 xand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
, K# w  ^) u9 L: g3 D: b; Gwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
+ j- u- p7 t4 R3 [8 _. Ma nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 W7 z; n' m; sdirected me:
. U. p1 L  r$ G. P; T9 \- cLive in the layers
& K9 V4 ?% }0 mnot on the litter.
5 u& H' r* I  n2 E& gThough I lack the art
0 y0 j5 k$ O' A/ P7 zto decipher it,
  P1 b" E# X% gno doubt the next chaper
) c" w; F) [; E0 E) ein my book of transformations
2 l6 g  O. z6 y8 }* dis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

$ {5 p8 A- r( Z# D3 _I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
! T! s. H% K8 m$ f# d! n2 w8 `) }+ J: aand I am not who I was,
1 H6 K$ m# j7 q. x; o/ H& hthough some principle of being
4 r$ g- L! F0 }  b% Z2 g- uabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
' |$ W. ~) l% GWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
7 J% Q$ A% `/ ~! `) Hfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
7 t3 @+ R- V$ Z5 Yover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
7 z! l; Z" x3 q: {9 o1 W7 MOh, I have made myself a tribe
) ]; V% y7 O2 r, [3 ]+ Hout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
1 b. q; {5 V  W- d/ y0 K8 V& Y6 Wthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
: R  T$ M1 G1 O; F: l+ T- Y' }Yet I turn, I turn,
% v2 E5 d- U6 i& m. Q2 ]! X, nexulting somewhat,
& E$ D; U6 ?; @4 W! N- H9 swith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
. v2 ?$ E  l- T; w8 Land every stone on the road
! T) g' @/ B, k5 Uprecious to me.
# W1 h+ M& J% Z7 LIn my darkest night,
; K5 p9 ], M' X+ K" ewhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
) {8 i0 ?+ H# D; rdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
" B& W# N  Y" l7 }not on the litter."
& _' ^% T* W2 fThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 h5 E8 {% H4 H# Ono doubt the next chapter
0 d7 T6 d# I7 h- L6 f* jin my book of transformations
% P- A3 d! }( z/ Gis already written.
' h, A, U3 c7 XI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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% _. s! b: @1 R, ^8 ~; m[ 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
& `$ G, O$ F+ J/ a# I谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

0 J5 z' a4 G$ b! j3 @5 |! v/ B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