【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
5 O- l( p: S/ ~( d, ~
4 l+ t* H6 z) a  v/ {' q
( h! K$ s, ]' \9 T& \  k5 n9 w
    The layers
4 j2 Y3 V( K/ y/ y5 B. P1 e
( x0 w* J# f( Q2 t% L: JI have walked through many websites,
' R. `4 p! E* z% t% x  msome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
" n! B, k7 T2 J2 U; s$ }: B' @Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
( }, |0 g' _( M# OI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
0 `* A* U$ |- E/ x- g  OPrecious to me.
4 H+ p. R6 O3 w2 kIn my darkest night,
3 d; D: ]) }: I" ^& swhen the moon was covered
1 S" f! z9 m/ Kand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
# n2 c, W7 c# A5 Z! o4 tnot on the litter.
6 E! x! h  P7 |# C5 b6 X1 \Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
: [- z+ s" q  lin my book of transformations
is already written.
! H3 m  O$ M. o3 t1 JI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
# k8 T3 e( t" _& O6 w& o% X% Z
原文在此：
! @/ W$ c+ R2 h3 o7 Z
1 l0 r/ ]8 a0 n$ @* [, HThe Layers

I 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
1 h; k$ O, b" ~% x9 f. k7 rnot to stray.
% `- U3 W2 \9 I: I  Y- X2 PWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
9 U( [* J$ F$ Ato proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
; L; t. g! U. i- I& t8 r5 g4 Xand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
$ m4 S. k( ~3 [0 D  T$ z3 Hwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
8 ?& c: q3 S& y7 i0 ?& Eout of my true affections,
; M' O3 Q3 g) A! K, b  B" s0 Yand my tribe is scattered!
$ O3 T, m( o: F' ~+ ?How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
; s) Q& }: i" f) QIn a rising wind
' l% N' Y' p# ithe manic dust of my friends,
/ @. r& b2 z+ W0 |3 k! L- pthose who fell along the way,
* t" Q9 y+ R0 B* I' v4 M; ebitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
0 j) q0 R8 }* S% N4 }% ~$ d9 Fprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
7 v$ x: T9 k3 D/ f: awhen the moon was covered
" W/ I- k$ C2 o% {" l3 b" Oand I roamed through wreckage,
" o" Y+ b& o: Ea nimbus-clouded voice
5 Z) p2 O; |6 zdirected me:
* s& f3 q: a1 {0 ^! V/ I/ A7 W"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
* R. Q9 r4 _5 }' W  P! DThough I lack the art
8 {$ {0 v+ C7 T* M2 gto decipher it,
; z6 W8 y3 p0 J$ a# E! b9 a  O0 kno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
' b1 e7 _$ {+ a$ N; b  L# tis already written.
8 F; P  H  N7 T' II am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
0 j2 \' n3 V) a9 G: M3 _
[ 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
( A4 P4 T4 l# |# @- k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
1 d! E: U. S+ r" J( ]' J( B/ N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