【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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4 @: G) y. [% u1 B. F    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
4 X$ ~( }; l& M! d9 P% N  j0 D( [& Tsome of them I like,
2 N4 @6 v- o/ Oand some of them I do not like.
, p+ C/ U$ a+ {$ l5 J$ s4 I8 _7 _3 Z7 nOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
) r/ y5 A, z- J* Wout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
/ s' N; ^- g; c5 T3 I) mwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
; \+ n2 Y; V/ y6 J6 tPrecious to me.
& C6 _" ?' A# \1 mIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
, h6 G$ ^9 \4 j9 C5 Qa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
( @  n" ?* H) v2 g! r" S7 G% ~directed me:
& {6 y0 ]+ h4 C' t) ULive in the layers
% Q% V4 P$ F0 E* u% k) u9 {& Pnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
2 C" d2 h) R9 N  ino doubt the next chaper
+ k. h: V( I! z; l' min my book of transformations
. z+ V( l) B8 P) Iis already written.
8 z8 n6 L) {4 I. r/ L  j1 jI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

4 A2 ~& L! B( q原文在此：
/ Q& B) s: N& u' A8 ]& [& S
5 p0 N" k: p( n1 i2 e+ f9 NThe Layers

4 t5 M7 H- k( E& EI have walked through many lives,
5 Q5 L2 J  [2 ]$ M, t, Y* Nsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
  c8 u5 q* d$ O" T! q! wthough some principle of being
3 L* Z: h8 R  X& p; d3 `7 Mabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
) _, ?( N8 l/ m  Xbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
8 V0 \# }6 x/ m4 O0 v8 t+ {! j' ZI see the milestones dwindling
6 `/ i( {  p8 P2 f7 e: ]toward the horizon
, c# |( R+ H1 r8 T- q5 Jand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
" ?  k4 {7 G/ q: lwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
5 G8 x8 O/ z, o2 rHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
) s, w8 q) S5 a2 [% q7 I8 \those who fell along the way,
6 \. Q8 ?4 F5 u9 Lbitterly stings my face.
* b' u5 B+ `7 b$ N9 FYet I turn, I turn,
9 Y3 U9 X0 w( Xexulting somewhat,
+ P( ^. _3 {6 pwith my will intact to go
; {/ g: L7 U2 [- `4 Gwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
' j8 F$ T8 q; A  Z8 s) {precious to me.
5 M% i" Y8 Q. m+ K2 HIn my darkest night,
" h1 r) V- o: ~0 j# q9 d: x# n- ~when the moon was covered
6 @9 ]; j- a3 I% Z; @and I roamed through wreckage,
. l5 \2 Y( B8 }1 w5 va nimbus-clouded voice
+ |# ^: T4 F1 [( {6 n6 p; J4 ndirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
# `( j: d% d6 T. v% v8 c# tThough I lack the art
0 E! E1 J* o$ y! Pto decipher it,
8 Y! f; C! X0 l& J: e, e, G4 pno doubt the next chapter
- p# R6 V5 U1 s2 D: s+ `) m$ sin my book of transformations
' \/ @  P/ E2 g/ \" E5 His already written.
" }, `4 L* D4 m' e* ^I am not done with my changes.
1 B9 w- _. |0 @4 N( [( Q—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

2 r1 P. w; \1 }& ]# 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
, I  W, h  [* |谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

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