【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

* b" |7 z; M, T% y' xI have walked through many websites,
6 B" W  ~& y  X7 O+ `; D7 O, E/ \2 Qsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
0 G  b5 ?& p: F5 H* [Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
! U* E; Z9 c' d) ^1 [& lout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
1 \4 F: g% ^  k+ Q( n' Zwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
) R( k. M: s+ y* j% `( @5 A' y5 H) ?In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
! @& Z5 j6 z8 |: R2 I8 a* Y% l' Ca nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
5 P6 o5 z  `+ wdirected me:
' Q2 N; k* d" t0 DLive in the layers
not on the litter.
) V& K, D2 r4 C" aThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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/ \. P9 ^) ~$ R* z0 G9 f原文在此：

% N' m7 e: R8 AThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
. Y0 _0 y1 A$ \# E( o" W/ P  g+ ]( Mand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
5 J3 d6 L4 b/ P: a% q( ]6 `( d; tabides, from which I struggle
) i; ^2 r( R( G3 h/ U5 A0 ?1 [" Cnot to stray.
When I look behind,
$ Y, R8 F5 f) C/ xas I am compelled to look
6 A* k. V6 B/ e0 h) w" Lbefore I can gather strength
  A. N% R6 b7 j( G9 A8 Uto proceed on my journey,
/ X7 _1 i$ i7 oI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
: s4 q3 W6 g7 a4 Y; c( u( Rand the slow fires trailing
) t& L# w  z6 `2 o% Q4 tfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
3 }1 G) Z- [3 k" A( B  Z0 _over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
) E# G+ b  r- [, E* z# nHow shall the heart be reconciled
! V( I) [1 e) S4 q9 ]to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
) s% q: j+ h5 a" e& `those who fell along the way,
2 i6 B5 n6 r0 n& G8 G# {; m) `0 zbitterly stings my face.
0 L) p9 h) u% s% M$ l- i. c4 AYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
) @5 h5 x0 q4 n' Awith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
. b" L+ Z% l3 @4 ^+ u3 Rand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
" Q: T4 Y7 G2 d. T2 |2 wwhen the moon was covered
0 }+ i* ~% X+ u0 fand I roamed through wreckage,
) P, k5 u8 y" s5 c5 ~a nimbus-clouded voice
1 E: i" }! F9 `, b  e: Fdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
  A3 }  }. U% h$ Pnot on the litter."
: }! _3 U1 W$ G! v: Y" l. gThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
3 y2 e2 a$ u' T* {3 Kno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
3 n$ c! |* u& c5 R# |1 s' pis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
( V7 i+ d) Y8 ~. }—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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
# {: Q! T. x2 C, @- b" h3 [: v你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

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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

2 t/ j  E' [! D; w2 J$ R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