【五周年征文】The layer

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【五周年征文】诗歌一首，根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
3 U% W1 @1 s: L. w" f0 j7 Z% ?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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; ^: ^+ S  A) v    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
3 ]3 ?( n9 Y0 L5 vsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
6 n3 p& l$ I: Aout of his true affections.
3 A0 o2 ~% \! W: E+ U0 eI go, I go
7 `3 g" `( a2 X' ^exulting somewhat,
9 V7 i' M+ j. ?- g; |; z; g* Awith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
; d/ ~1 I# N% {when the moon was covered
5 |0 t1 t  k% n6 W" l6 Fand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
2 K; Z& t0 ?7 Q3 Y* ~  Bdirected me:
Live in the layers
9 b( Y1 T# f' @# k+ n& \$ M. C! enot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
$ Y8 A- ^' Q1 J) s3 k! f# sto decipher it,
& Q" u6 X9 j5 A! Ono doubt the next chaper
3 t0 e" X+ Y, P, v3 S- W" Vin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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! L/ x, k0 t+ u6 H8 M) }3 M原文在此：

: u! G/ I" j3 {* R6 x( XThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
" w& i7 ^* G7 G# S: T, {" l" A  Isome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
% ]0 V6 p, u, D0 g3 J. l) y( \' nthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
( @3 N, M3 F+ Q4 h. m6 B1 }3 znot to stray.
1 {* a0 n+ r9 iWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
6 m3 v+ t; a3 d4 A0 Ubefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
+ ]9 u# |- L% T, E/ GI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
1 [5 v% q& `( [: t, }  Wand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
) k, ?1 D- r$ a: c4 r5 m  W0 Jover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
/ A7 [! |3 F, E" a3 Yout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
# r! ]4 C; o! O: _# t* u+ uHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
) H4 t% P5 \/ f- y4 C# \0 W7 rIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
" B4 ]0 o; \! V' F1 D) Gthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
1 R8 z7 u2 V# e  [( y% c( k( qYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
5 N" J8 X7 U( K! }; {% N6 hwith my will intact to go
; i: W6 U. h" `7 [7 C. Uwhereever I need to go,
- i; }6 F; o: B  i6 K9 ~& yand every stone on the road
precious to me.
8 B. m/ I5 \5 e5 b0 _: Y$ U; X8 U3 o) `In my darkest night,
) x. q/ P' P4 c; N2 Mwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
" h6 ?: M0 Y2 i8 d) ]  t7 u6 n& ]) Qdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
9 f: ~+ a2 w9 o1 TThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
9 [0 v8 \) E1 dno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
) y/ d- b" E7 C# O* ~- KI am not done with my changes.
( C/ U8 M+ W7 x6 [/ b6 W* c" v& ?—Stanley Kunitz

3 j: I( ^0 U' x* }[ 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  ^4 ?4 T; r$ T2 t: A0 R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

# Q/ r6 ?7 \1 C* v: u* d9 x, l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