【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。
) w* a; b. ^8 e2 B. j, I+ ^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
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+ X. b! G' e0 l$ Y. O* x3 m7 u0 DI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
5 ^  u* V+ {6 V+ Sand some of them I do not like.
$ z$ f- p. i7 @4 G* yOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
1 z7 D8 b: a8 k* L$ M9 {4 T4 @out of his true affections.
I go, I go
! [$ m8 M5 [3 M# j" Z, ?exulting somewhat,
  x- c) G: E4 n: c2 hwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
# s' k5 r. V- u9 Land every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
! o# i$ Y" z4 P* C/ L  N& ]& fwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
' A' |( E& F7 `! \" U6 p6 k2 ea nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
, M" _4 b  b  ]9 Adirected me:
Live in the layers
: A2 V3 K9 p' H& P" N: Fnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
4 `6 h# ~9 C# bto decipher it,
/ n9 t7 b( B' r& m+ Pno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
) [$ ~1 O8 ?8 {2 R. UI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
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and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
2 N; y& y8 N0 k( u# aabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
# R* x9 F$ [& V6 I9 U! Gto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
$ p7 N4 j* n9 ~: q/ x" Ttoward the horizon
4 B# H' y3 M6 k/ _- a, A# L' |and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
6 Z+ N$ r# Y* u) F9 cwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
) t7 Q8 c! d+ h6 C" Y( J1 i# T* AHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
8 P! o0 _1 d% ]9 V  X5 UIn a rising wind
$ Q. \' ~7 l3 w4 ~. O: |- q3 n' ?! ]the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
! R. [! j" G1 F' Awith my will intact to go
2 M. E/ x& B% ^6 p5 K6 \' R  jwhereever I need to go,
" u2 l& P( k. U% \and every stone on the road
( _/ Q2 L4 B7 m. S6 x: dprecious to me.
4 @5 @5 C& q& |& y2 m) fIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
- X3 }. u' m, K! ~and I roamed through wreckage,
' z  I9 @3 j# b" ^0 [1 a" _2 e$ ba nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
8 s& L+ L' b$ v0 K2 inot on the litter."
- g* D* O6 ?; h* X- nThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
: {, f) p4 n( D# Jis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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2 i% d6 O  U* m( `  \- @5 W! {( s[ 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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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

( [; e+ v4 J0 l0 l9 u  n4 @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