【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。
9 j: X  F4 W) w0 ^2 e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

* X( M6 M, ]& `! E: H5 uI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
; e1 c, A+ u8 Vexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
+ Z! y6 N( R, N7 B+ Fwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
0 U: E; m6 @* h2 B% Y7 Z3 U8 Hdirected me:
' i6 `4 i3 q) p: L7 I# ELive in the layers
5 ^+ e3 [$ q4 ^9 R5 I: ?) Unot on the litter.
4 }& {0 ?$ c; }) t; J3 F1 U7 `2 Z2 lThough I lack the art
/ t' |' h- f$ w& eto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
; D( c' B( z9 p/ ?$ i% W8 F3 Kin my book of transformations
is already written.
) `* K, ?  N3 ?! O2 S9 s+ }I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers

4 m4 Z6 d, z1 OI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
# z  E' x8 t0 z3 Iand I am not who I was,
) I4 N& x$ ]6 }& r9 Cthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
) ?: X2 Q' r7 K6 _* h0 s$ gbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
6 o; o/ }7 f% x# v3 wI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
6 H3 t& [) z; `: A# J) H) M( o8 }and the slow fires trailing
% U( X$ W1 G% W- h, Pfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
( @  y! x; l& Y$ g0 DOh, I have made myself a tribe
: j7 r# `  L* `# kout of my true affections,
" l" g6 A! ^+ d. Vand my tribe is scattered!
  C/ X/ L7 w: ]How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
$ l% u8 ^+ \8 r2 cIn a rising wind
& m4 `+ Z, |) vthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
. y  [4 [5 e+ z, hexulting somewhat,
+ E5 p' d+ T' N( Lwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
: y" q. n$ c' O/ y1 T$ land every stone on the road
+ z& z8 I. `, v( w) N+ i. m/ U; uprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
: l% c. d+ \3 R3 O, nand I roamed through wreckage,
. B6 G9 c+ w6 D! `$ }a nimbus-clouded voice
0 z0 P5 ^! n% @2 E" O* `directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
% G$ I- a3 z* a, K/ u& _6 O$ fto decipher it,
* d% o2 K1 m1 Hno doubt the next chapter
: [5 }: Z- Q0 s! l' Min my book of transformations
- ?- x2 M! K7 o; [5 Ris already written.
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
) O1 ^8 w/ r% g6 P: G* v6 i$ ^你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

2 F6 [: F' n9 C! `
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
6 o7 m7 a. U. L( A" a谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

. y6 j3 e( |9 M0 z7 ?( r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