【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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    The layers
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! o+ z: t6 s3 @I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
6 z1 j2 R) t2 y* QOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
3 X/ e( q" O9 }) y* yout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
. K' P4 G- N# T& P% swherever I need to go,
4 P% _8 t7 i9 band every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
/ y8 _. i0 Q+ _; _when the moon was covered
* W# S$ O) u( D: o) e8 \* `+ band I roamed through websites,
$ j0 S. F$ c/ Z! L  ?3 X3 K5 y3 ?a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
* P, ?. h3 A# l, f4 X5 d, V- yThough I lack the art
' h. o+ p" C2 y; \: fto decipher it,
5 e0 R" ~( [8 w: b- ?no doubt the next chaper
: S6 l+ h9 z" N( V7 bin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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' I6 e. N  l& h0 Z/ |. l原文在此：
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The Layers

1 |0 I3 P' d/ J  P/ ?I have walked through many lives,
2 Y7 K9 R: U8 t$ g7 A, G( _some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
8 ?( I4 o- g) b( Ythough some principle of being
/ f  P6 ~& A+ N* L0 dabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
8 {+ b- D4 W1 N6 q* j, |* A" ~When I look behind,
! N+ u! t5 m7 ~% `( eas I am compelled to look
7 ^3 r, `5 ^3 d- b* X2 @before I can gather strength
! F7 _; o  h5 q( p2 {; y; a6 Oto proceed on my journey,
/ B2 Q1 k8 R- W+ S8 Z$ l. `4 ~- P* SI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
9 ], k6 Y9 ]7 ~' X; D/ U8 `over which scavenger angels
0 o' d, b& V- E& G9 Vwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
$ E5 ~8 ^& q) i9 a% E. P8 F  a4 p# Qout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
, S. ~3 I, _, b1 }! y4 BHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
9 Y) k1 t6 @. mIn a rising wind
$ X: X& v7 P4 Tthe manic dust of my friends,
) \, D4 H4 e4 uthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
( V- @$ E1 l2 Q+ P0 vYet I turn, I turn,
; ~1 m( ]) X9 |1 g6 V+ b6 Aexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
! g9 D' n" Y, k- a7 dand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
' A- B# m  I) P6 |# ~directed me:
1 ?- x1 a$ ~0 {) d- |: G"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
  J" k0 @/ l' N# u( }& eThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
% q- k+ }" E* R+ H8 B, e% f) J1 N3 Ain my book of transformations
2 w! l3 w4 ]0 z1 t6 T0 U- `, dis already written.
# s3 z7 j/ j' p4 c  O8 h! [- l/ fI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

4 v, w  X$ {! v% o$ a6 Y# b( v1 @[ 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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- k. F# v: [9 s) L. V2 e2 ^1 a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

: {. y* }) f8 a9 [. r# a# u' p( e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