【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。
2 o* }6 d& j& e& A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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* o' U  Z, e( b# qI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
4 o- s0 T0 c( vand some of them I do not like.
& S( |+ B% m1 S# @9 ~Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
3 c; q! Y. m9 G0 W- hout of his true affections.
, S* @/ m0 |; ~* \$ n, EI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
. ^0 Z4 V- x" b2 [, H4 c3 G+ Awherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
  r5 U5 j, w7 K  H: U1 GPrecious to me.
- D) x, e- n9 CIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
/ s) P2 g/ w6 h1 A* J$ S" i. Ca nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
) s4 I7 L( j0 \1 f! o3 l. _directed me:
' s: A) c' R; Z$ Z, r  T7 `Live in the layers
1 X& ]* W% A  e# Gnot on the litter.
3 C1 T0 ]) v( a( _1 RThough I lack the art
' Y& ], _/ U/ V0 ?1 Vto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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! @3 H" z! o3 S! E' ^The 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
( m# n; B5 z2 }  N) t7 onot to stray.
/ S& ]/ r# f5 |# A  L: {* \When I look behind,
0 x  F' }" f) b+ {1 j( pas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
% s6 l+ \$ e* ~. Bto proceed on my journey,
) ]' M5 W4 F# Y3 \$ hI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
: Y+ R2 O8 a1 p  Vand the slow fires trailing
+ p0 l( H9 C8 Qfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
% e( t: M2 x: c5 U. b6 M7 h8 z9 o2 ywheel on heavy wings.
% c& s- j, I4 T" c& ^4 q9 N$ gOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
3 U% Z+ Y7 e. g/ n8 f' Q( vand my tribe is scattered!
2 K$ S) A- B4 Q5 D. S$ p9 N6 @4 z' iHow shall the heart be reconciled
: q" s/ q7 H9 x3 ^+ X: bto its feast of losses?
, I% Q5 p- }) ?9 qIn a rising wind
- w8 N5 E& _. `! Tthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
# e. Q1 |: y9 o: p3 m( g) }' R% lbitterly stings my face.
3 [' B! _# r$ h$ i5 }" ZYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
2 q1 o8 ~, g# L. ^# @0 a! twith my will intact to go
$ o1 I# ~: k/ f/ ~4 P  Xwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
# _& Y4 }9 J0 a/ v6 fprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
3 s! t9 v5 B8 b% y- M5 Twhen the moon was covered
0 M% y  f1 d8 P2 L; J/ xand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
9 N' x1 O+ o- H8 udirected me:
/ n( n' g0 f$ W/ R6 l" ^"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
+ z, ?2 I$ d: H' M2 U1 AThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 ?; Q) H: i2 ^/ {+ sno doubt the next chapter
' D7 o6 {$ O' Yin my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
' L' Y) G. m/ z—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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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/ G- Y. ~/ I% d6 }. ~& [. S8 D: 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
5 X$ k7 B" y6 F$ N6 W谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

1 X# c: v5 s1 _# ]$ C, y* N1 F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