【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

5 |0 J: G" J0 Y' o, Z& W0 KI 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
& I/ l& t$ C3 t! Cout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" {5 a  R: s  c& _wherever I need to go,
5 _5 D" U- R$ Y1 q8 R! y6 N' S& w4 \2 eand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
+ n, s! M8 e$ _/ W+ [) B$ d/ lIn my darkest night,
+ ?* L3 S7 j7 ]/ |1 N& p' o' {when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
7 f! ]% B% k/ j! ba nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
4 C  f+ ~2 c$ e2 mnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
; e3 z/ i  r- v! l: _! W0 Y1 Pno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
' u; u3 f4 \  t6 \0 Tis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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! ]: r* @/ Z( c- M; NThe Layers
5 P% Y, A( W4 [* u; `
4 P! h, W6 I2 Q0 gI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
7 P- y- h. @+ M7 T8 h* K2 h' ~, AWhen I look behind,
5 e) r2 [& ~4 b6 N$ ^as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
/ ~: e2 @; w; Y* y6 L# DI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
& d& N  t/ ^" N/ {9 {over which scavenger angels
* V" G8 u/ D% W1 s, |: twheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
, y' ^; Q; \" l. O& Gand my tribe is scattered!
6 B' m* V( J+ T" h! o: PHow shall the heart be reconciled
+ ?. ]  }' e8 }to its feast of losses?
  }  \! @3 n- P- c  a) MIn a rising wind
& F  _7 Q9 q$ G- Sthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
! L7 ~9 O+ h( o4 C0 ebitterly stings my face.
' U9 `# a/ {+ v6 e% Y( cYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
# }8 s- h, {3 o& Owith my will intact to go
$ @/ B4 |# F' C$ i1 A, c3 Q3 Vwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
- G0 M& p) E2 T  B$ tprecious to me.
" q- v& I$ j! V1 yIn my darkest night,
7 r* L5 v3 c' vwhen the moon was covered
. {# a" L* b( h$ Eand I roamed through wreckage,
7 f  ~* g1 M9 q, ]9 ]3 Z% [a nimbus-clouded voice
) }  |  G+ m' Rdirected me:
+ L) i. Z3 G7 h  k: ?: j2 w"Live in the layers,
8 L. }  [2 W* Y1 _) Pnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
' \  b% t0 }: d: E4 N' H# H8 mto decipher it,
( k5 E" c0 L( g  {) @- B) e# ^no doubt the next chapter
7 [: l3 s" s. s% G+ m& B8 Fin my book of transformations
7 p! [# h( ~. I- Tis already written.
% W% ?( l' W: ]+ G* _+ q+ D! x1 {I am not done with my changes.
) i; }/ S8 o0 t8 Z8 \  }6 ?& x4 N—Stanley Kunitz

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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
4 P' ]) H9 Z, c; i9 ~你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

1 F' z6 F* |4 R# x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

8 F5 Y% `# w2 |: y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