【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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    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
. O) D/ a  \- }  x. E" n0 B1 usome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
5 Y0 N% j4 ~, A+ S" UOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
1 b% r$ R2 k2 M2 w( L4 K* x) H' T! kI go, I go
& w* {9 h! |8 e; J: {exulting somewhat,
4 k6 J" R+ D. r, W. Xwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
9 j8 u5 I8 `) N9 `5 I7 V5 H' Eand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
& m6 }1 C7 n" q3 h, a: }2 JPrecious to me.
  d' H2 m! M& _; s: T. u: l6 ^In my darkest night,
+ |# a: y# v. u/ z4 ]! Cwhen the moon was covered
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a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
( `% g$ {! r% w' ynot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

# s8 I; ]: U. X原文在此：
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$ |* M6 K0 `4 VThe Layers
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. A+ V2 C; Y- z8 h+ FI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
- ]6 `! V# f7 U* x  \8 xthough some principle of being
0 M8 ]6 |, B/ D# u9 pabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
: N. g$ m% f5 e/ q* d( P; \  yas I am compelled to look
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to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
1 u1 E9 m. t# Q' l: P6 i& gtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
! H' n2 ^$ z/ f+ eover which scavenger angels
; Q' v1 w# c5 T7 n; ?5 q6 Zwheel on heavy wings.
* L/ K0 m& C2 U  f. U# X! N: DOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
; t2 Y( T% x  q4 _, Z1 u) JHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
: v) O$ `$ t, H" NIn a rising wind
6 H1 i; B* ?  h$ e1 S# V/ H7 gthe manic dust of my friends,
* `/ p' K. d" q& D0 ythose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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+ M9 ~' X  g" E7 H6 ^with my will intact to go
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and every stone on the road
precious to me.
5 W) ]7 d/ {3 V1 t6 W- BIn my darkest night,
$ X4 t4 v* ]8 G, twhen the moon was covered
  R# o$ L9 d3 n$ g8 Dand I roamed through wreckage,
/ P8 {1 x# V; o. x1 t& x# U0 o' ~; F) va nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
* }; F. R7 h, d  d+ _"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
' F' G. e. R; ?: }/ t$ u& {- k. X2 yin my book of transformations
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) T1 s. k' q. Z" q% cI am not done with my changes.
3 ?' b# Y1 b5 {. n1 ?—Stanley Kunitz
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, k/ D  a3 i9 W+ g[ 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

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- h. t! {7 V  F& ~/ x" w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
2 D6 ^* [/ t0 q( O1 S谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

) R( A* ~5 k+ s0 O7 j  n0 Z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