【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

9 o$ M7 x$ M* r9 ~, Y2 f; c' R. _I have walked through many websites,
8 j# L/ X/ O% Y4 ?& Asome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
" P' w  R4 Q, K  G! J( Fout of his true affections.
: T- U0 p5 T7 LI go, I go
# `; |+ h& {+ eexulting somewhat,
6 v. c7 b& H, ~- ]" Gwith my will intact to go
5 w5 y. m% l2 P) U, S) b) I5 Awherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
7 w* ~1 B# }6 }4 u; a" N* g  wwhen the moon was covered
! K# r, d- D( i0 I6 G, vand I roamed through websites,
1 H$ z8 [( W7 @, na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
# N; e$ t2 _8 {6 ]0 @not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
! a9 n2 O# Q5 N6 m8 l/ d# Xis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
7 K, [) _6 o" m. [1 u8 r$ Rsome of them my own,
$ ]9 X* W2 O4 z/ W6 Sand I am not who I was,
9 g0 e* z9 H  t0 U( k/ u) ?though some principle of being
2 Z! N, {/ n! }abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
2 s' }* ]( \% T5 n- R6 R. PWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
8 h6 w+ y2 V$ pbefore I can gather strength
# E1 T5 Q0 P: X$ N: \: L" ]to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
2 ~6 g% {- U4 M' y3 Jout of my true affections,
- ?$ B6 G% T' Eand 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,
those who fell along the way,
& e( B; M% W, z/ b9 Jbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
' ]1 k4 K% g  q+ d0 y- ^* Cexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
) Q$ `  _/ o1 C2 t6 f) u! Y0 n9 awhereever I need to go,
- S) H% c6 h- Zand every stone on the road
4 V2 ~8 u% ~$ Eprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
" e+ u; Z6 ^- o2 _7 V' la nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
# E* E. b3 L' Cto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
3 X$ }* F8 u# C' p/ T1 k3 mI am not done with my changes.
—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
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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3 t$ \" B* k' A" ?* a1 J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
9 @' {2 p) y# w' _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