【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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0 Q- i  a& h. D2 j& _    The layers
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0 `" ^+ J/ v  i( zI have walked through many websites,
: p, A/ }5 b% xsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
. ^) ^) z2 D# i1 a# t4 }3 Kout of his true affections.
I go, I go
# M' T- D! D' b! W; z8 h% Q* lexulting somewhat,
% F- U6 i! H. D% H* Zwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
% ]6 w" x0 d- q% ~. S: t2 cand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
- f$ A$ [6 @; _. k$ W- c4 QPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
( m) F8 M9 G% L$ C7 dwhen the moon was covered
) w. y% C, c0 O$ _8 ]) Xand I roamed through websites,
$ l9 q  V1 w2 I# Oa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
8 ?% A3 X; c# k* D$ U3 L; y6 IThough I lack the art
& t' V$ D5 x# d3 B; dto decipher it,
% K; w( G# \( |) v. `9 y3 I9 O: Bno doubt the next chaper
7 N2 O$ v8 g8 E4 }: l0 ?in my book of transformations
/ ~3 ]1 P0 x8 ?3 a% Ois already written.
; \0 q4 S0 `) b; hI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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  t4 l9 ^2 p% Q0 z' |+ `原文在此：
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0 S) _+ O( T( W5 K) p/ I0 N, jThe Layers
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4 A' I' ]" C& CI have walked through many lives,
; `7 Y/ y3 v. z  k3 zsome of them my own,
* n$ |( o  u+ p2 H4 e0 v% e" hand I am not who I was,
1 R4 a; ?" x$ ?4 b8 c0 y7 bthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
- J4 I6 N2 _. u( G+ X8 N) Y# z5 VWhen I look behind,
/ i- f; Q, w1 c# bas I am compelled to look
% Y4 ?  V! Q6 g+ u) [6 }! Fbefore I can gather strength
9 `( y( m. G: C# C% v) o' y# }to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
9 P: x' r0 L5 F3 ptoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
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and my tribe is scattered!
. p6 \% X7 v4 {7 ?7 i. T0 F9 eHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
- o8 T4 ~' p! QIn a rising wind
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those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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with my will intact to go
$ C7 M! L; [6 A/ o+ @# l* T; `: lwhereever I need to go,
$ U. u& s$ R/ C% H6 h1 dand every stone on the road
precious to me.
/ D* T  E; B- c/ q  J3 cIn my darkest night,
9 x$ G# m. I9 t0 R0 _9 lwhen the moon was covered
+ E) ?% J6 E( J2 x2 Z! ]  U" j/ E4 {+ W& _and I roamed through wreckage,
' f+ l; g) _: w) Q4 e) {a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
; x6 R7 a) V/ i! ]/ k2 CThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations
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9 [. w% @: `$ ?4 c: V8 e1 _I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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
5 a- m. S! T* `! y- g- W% F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
谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

- s' F# A- m+ P/ [$ O6 A: c! N5 J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