【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。
% y' P8 X! u; M5 Z3 d* u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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& }2 G5 K7 B4 f. f* D& n; F    The layers

7 @. x" Z# H6 w! G0 R9 @' cI have walked through many websites,
4 T! I0 m+ `6 x3 r9 Z. Hsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
# C# |, ?* {" k/ I3 A" T% A) q) yOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" d4 ~/ ?$ C$ e- ?' O% mwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
& q% T8 e- w5 bPrecious to me.
  z2 Y; \3 T8 `7 S/ L+ AIn my darkest night,
; E; K. Z. r( l5 v6 K1 W8 nwhen the moon was covered
2 e9 O9 V. W+ E( uand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
9 B* ]) j' R2 o6 Z- kdirected me:
! G/ p: ~6 s) [( ^Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
1 h5 ~) s% E: U& Dno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
7 O9 F! q4 F' f4 v  I7 uis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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# a' B5 O1 G' D6 \/ PI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
% c6 P1 K& G7 s7 [1 n3 q% }abides, from which I struggle
9 P9 e% n8 K% b! _- v. U, fnot to stray.
( J, b9 N" i! J9 {3 `% e* f3 IWhen I look behind,
- A' t4 z/ ^7 r8 {' ]as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
7 ?: C2 Q, s% ^8 e7 y5 uand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
  H+ x) F" P, r0 \) r( u4 e* kover which scavenger angels
! Q! R* h' i2 W' S/ _  H0 |wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
% u3 F, N$ j$ e- g0 e/ MHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
8 e: q2 I/ Y6 H( rIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
+ [: M% L% v5 }, t& e6 ^7 Jbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
) d; U! c$ ], n% T; Uand every stone on the road
precious to me.
0 H5 \/ f/ y6 {$ wIn my darkest night,
' q3 n5 T9 `& r6 c, Vwhen the moon was covered
$ ^( `* d" m) ~6 xand I roamed through wreckage,
  S# j2 I1 A: P, [, K1 T2 va nimbus-clouded voice
# k: a% ]. l+ s7 qdirected me:
& u# ?3 }: ^0 I5 R* n* Q$ n9 `"Live in the layers,
! D  S% g3 Z2 |) Mnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
6 X  u; `+ q* @, tto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
) e$ @* S7 `3 V- q7 z9 a7 f/ Iin my book of transformations
9 o0 v+ D4 P2 {" k4 Z0 R& gis already written.
0 t  z' ?  C( w0 DI am not done with my changes.
( i( B3 d/ N0 g! Y  H: G—Stanley Kunitz

$ V2 H0 t6 K) D+ m0 O  F' a0 i[ 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

; u& M  t! @5 _# B. }; e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

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