【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。
5 L6 [/ f" E' D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



# M; A: @! w6 W& r6 q$ ]! j    The layers

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
' @" w$ B# P) U: p( e( r& }out of his true affections.
8 ^% g4 b% s5 pI go, I go
, Q8 q! o( a5 V9 Nexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
1 _/ e. b$ s- m( Zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
) I, @3 T  e# ^$ ]- Mwhen the moon was covered
% a; ]2 ?! n. \. \. E, C$ |and I roamed through websites,
2 g1 N2 R9 c  D7 @a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 Z0 [" [% Z% O- a8 Bdirected me:
Live in the layers
7 C, [. t9 v* X) ]not on the litter.
% Y$ y6 G/ C% _4 d' d% T. A9 FThough I lack the art
- w4 r/ W5 `) u' S" A% jto decipher it,
" J$ T/ T: l9 N# ~# E$ ]; D  ^no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
7 E6 |5 c* V7 u; v" p1 ?: P: Mis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
# o9 Y% Q" Z$ ~/ y8 T, w7 a2 q: y
原文在此：

! ^/ A+ Y4 M( d- p- ^: W% b! x. z1 lThe Layers

$ J3 j: e" z0 S2 w1 K- y4 D9 sI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
* p% m" T' T- ^. k4 M$ i7 x4 U1 kand I am not who I was,
* Q* N3 v' f* Ythough some principle of being
5 d, P+ u. N  ~* E& [abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
$ r. d0 E* J' V: z' cWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
* C+ |/ g7 A( s& Gbefore I can gather strength
- r$ l2 o3 W0 C1 A: s1 B4 sto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
% w3 ?4 X7 N0 N/ P( {toward the horizon
8 L9 W; b  V( n" L3 {and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
2 f: j" F2 n8 E( ]Oh, I have made myself a tribe
1 d- q& J" I3 Dout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
: w8 F- Q5 o$ ?$ _" t5 F$ FHow shall the heart be reconciled
& g) x# d2 @; P) K' p& B% V/ v$ j4 Bto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
# L" k+ g6 S" r; |2 S' Mexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
/ k' Y- B# ~  E: i( Nprecious to me.
$ h# F. j2 Z3 |- oIn my darkest night,
# g$ J+ _5 z+ [# Mwhen the moon was covered
* M4 @! O9 {! J; Aand I roamed through wreckage,
/ X+ {7 j4 T4 ^  D6 Aa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
$ K1 P5 X3 h# C  J" O0 IThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
+ W4 X- p! P8 G( Pno doubt the next chapter
* \' b  z. w/ p' ein my book of transformations
8 _1 T6 \' G' gis already written.
& ~- p6 }( X: A, I% P- z8 i$ c8 b! CI 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
  A. m, R4 k9 N0 W你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

  X7 q- |: G; [* R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
( c( C2 |. b# h4 R* ^0 X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