【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。
8 Z. j1 T* E" D. S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



: E# W; F& U* c    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
4 b; M* E) N: b$ N! r7 wsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
4 Q  s$ T; e% y# T* a: oout of his true affections.
I go, I go
2 Q$ Q  S+ ~1 V' l9 Y/ Pexulting somewhat,
$ ^( ^( d! H1 l$ s/ xwith my will intact to go
" [* C2 r5 n5 R& q& [' Vwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
4 c  v0 C% _+ u- qPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
6 }4 t; q0 }& }, Twhen the moon was covered
( s$ _5 K8 K8 `" \% Cand I roamed through websites,
/ b; v& b) X8 m3 P1 \6 D: aa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
* a% p* \; |' _& m- G2 H# MLive in the layers
+ \* s1 }, V- Lnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
& g) M% t( ?5 Hno doubt the next chaper
% I& \4 J! d' E! L; }, Uin my book of transformations
- R, w/ h- B1 G& J6 a5 M- g% [( `; Dis already written.
  O, j$ j3 x7 B0 {. ~' i2 QI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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& g* w9 ~& u3 ^1 K( G0 H原文在此：

The Layers

' J# B) a8 r7 o0 iI have walked through many lives,
# ~* V* N1 ]+ g5 l* ]" g8 @# S5 P% xsome of them my own,
4 c) y3 K  H8 {5 kand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
1 [9 L$ Z2 j6 N5 Sabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
( M, N# t$ f3 N8 ~% S; W' Z1 Qas I am compelled to look
* \6 |: T! w, J0 sbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
0 [1 Q! V/ m4 _1 o8 _, R% RI see the milestones dwindling
$ z  C6 I4 u3 B- \; X; {' xtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
# e/ a, V  V& G0 dfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
% U6 y. ?) d  a  `  w7 q% _- Yover which scavenger angels
7 }' m) l& ^# d+ }& o# x9 w! vwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
( Q2 g( }/ N3 `5 T* a% d. d% Pout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
0 e% v3 I, F. m$ j$ Z9 h2 {* BHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
% A- v9 l5 a, l3 r2 k! Twith my will intact to go
7 B* y9 h/ n; b' b7 V3 ywhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
- y# n4 j2 A2 g+ S# vprecious to me.
* {/ C6 A$ v8 ~In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
  ^! U. B" p% xand I roamed through wreckage,
+ _* O  B) ?% U9 v2 z( S9 F. Ja nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
" l& Y6 o1 K! [6 O"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 v' R& L" d: @! \4 Y  Tno doubt the next chapter
, b+ Z7 N  Q0 p' min my book of transformations
is already written.
  t: d* _. v6 H) uI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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3 d, s$ Y' s( z  \[ 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

7 O1 k( q( Y) W  c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