【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。
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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. L3 T% X+ N) c$ |- i9 n/ U* a    The layers
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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
9 }) i8 t* {7 G+ p0 Oout of his true affections.
- i4 `  H4 ~1 p4 G  S( X8 wI go, I go
5 ^4 L( y8 g: {" Q: |exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
( p( ]; u" X+ {3 Vwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
" K8 n8 m/ p+ Y0 w7 rIn my darkest night,
% X( _& }: M0 J: M) X5 ]7 owhen the moon was covered
9 ?. D% h5 v# N8 ?and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
' M7 z: B- J$ ^$ Udirected me:
$ L: X: C% q% s5 d$ R# C* rLive in the layers
  U+ W. q+ h# i$ ^: Wnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
2 ?* E! e$ ~/ L7 ^& u! P2 Yis already written.
) u. i  ?# {* x2 K; N& O; \  TI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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% I0 R8 R2 S5 _7 U3 r原文在此：
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% [& p& \9 y4 W6 ~' _The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
6 G7 s0 I5 T3 p9 X* p8 k, \  D  e- Isome of them my own,
: i  M! @9 k% f% x* iand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
  ]6 {' C4 P7 }  b: Zabides, from which I struggle
  h9 H. W' D9 r1 U3 Pnot to stray.
When I look behind,
; p' a$ q0 a0 {4 vas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
# f5 ]9 @1 C' G3 D& sto proceed on my journey,
; W5 e2 p2 Y! ]) h. T- @# k! V" I  yI see the milestones dwindling
* I% {0 O# u* ?' ~  t0 U' h+ ftoward the horizon
: p& l  _% V- x6 L& R, vand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
0 Z9 C! p& E  `# zover which scavenger angels
4 K2 \0 \; b6 I3 ^1 Kwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
" n6 b* n/ |- }7 n, |How shall the heart be reconciled
  o7 j# R' G/ M+ r$ W: B% N0 [: ?to its feast of losses?
, a, W; H/ M$ n/ cIn a rising wind
5 l% |( A% {  Z. Gthe manic dust of my friends,
7 ~$ \- j5 F) y9 v, rthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
' H3 ^2 O' i5 o' B) Mwhereever I need to go,
# |* M, x8 q6 {: @- L/ n% }and every stone on the road
' I8 p9 n7 n: @. \# A. Zprecious to me.
/ F! `% G' q( v  Q9 oIn my darkest night,
- X# Z' u3 S$ O9 F; h: T: P% G. O1 Vwhen the moon was covered
# L. x8 m2 L- C+ K8 Uand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
$ f8 r! H' X" f: w$ a2 _directed me:
"Live in the layers,
- G1 k$ x6 \6 {0 snot on the litter."
) ^$ v. U) O7 }5 qThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 Y$ x1 W$ Z2 eno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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- t, {6 @9 Y. S# [7 o1 LI am not done with my changes.
9 x% D- ~- ^! ~! s4 T, }—Stanley Kunitz

, J& T& A/ u3 _4 q# P; l[ 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

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
) G& t- {; E; m2 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