【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



    The layers

0 \1 |3 J! ^- n6 b3 D! JI have walked through many websites,
- y0 w; @, Z; T( H# Z3 vsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
4 X  d. _4 R1 p* R% vexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
7 O5 j/ m$ W6 [wherever I need to go,
1 e) w& V) U- N6 f" h3 Gand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
, R0 z! e: ]3 D$ GPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
1 t6 M/ y- A  W( Hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
& P( {' T$ B3 s! u/ Da nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
7 J5 e: C+ q# Udirected me:
( U+ h. a# A$ C; P  r7 L$ KLive in the layers
not on the litter.
3 s+ ~$ E( U7 H# L' \Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
$ c4 ]7 M0 V9 F+ Nno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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) n1 ^/ L, ]. K" H原文在此：

# v! n* M& }' e- `3 j$ _The Layers
4 D/ g8 f. x9 _+ q- F( M. p- ~
I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
/ G( J, b8 Y! F) @though some principle of being
6 [+ l. z. x8 |- N# e9 Z; Kabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
( [& @; x1 \9 e- B: H& Tas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
) E2 p& l# W6 d' C2 Eto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
0 f1 F+ W$ W) Q) I% T- |and the slow fires trailing
/ Q: M3 R( N  Q, n# y- V* Yfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
- x/ c: p  v0 X  w% s3 Bwheel on heavy wings.
9 c: ~. e% m) d, v( BOh, I have made myself a tribe
& f" o3 d& u; \out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
4 i* C$ G6 S( jIn a rising wind
( c+ M& B7 v6 d2 [7 e" M! g$ ], ithe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
* Q/ Q: Q4 ~' E1 _Yet I turn, I turn,
7 q0 H; M0 C( u0 p: s9 q* |exulting somewhat,
/ d0 v; P5 P0 {) Ewith my will intact to go
) Y7 V% M9 d  n, O: x3 u6 }whereever I need to go,
9 d6 @# `5 {) d* @% q, y6 oand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
1 J& p+ [" V3 z8 d3 U" ~when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
# ?$ v+ e" x+ K9 xa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
2 l  s) F% S$ X1 D"Live in the layers,
8 Y; a: m& p, Xnot on the litter."
4 v6 a9 q. d9 A- e2 qThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
  W" k- M! d. d5 v" iin my book of transformations
is already written.
3 W# C! O2 {3 z4 xI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
; I2 H1 ~5 |. r7 `& L0 ^你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

! R+ t) ^. s7 O' n1 F+ V
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 a% H0 L% Z# A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