【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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5 i, O  g3 K& }/ B% ^4 [    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
+ t9 M7 |  h2 C* {' v4 b* jand some of them I do not like.
% G: M& B% u) `Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
8 B" p4 S$ ^2 a6 F) ?3 s4 q& Vexulting somewhat,
5 e% u1 |( E' xwith my will intact to go
) U2 i4 W' [+ Y& F) B% r8 jwherever I need to go,
# V$ I! S0 K+ S* \* n0 zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
( U0 d; K/ z/ f/ }5 EIn my darkest night,
+ Z+ q/ B, Y8 U5 swhen the moon was covered
" H# L# Y1 T) L4 U% s" G, ^4 d. A( |and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
" l1 f0 ?" I) Y3 _- k; odirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
( J8 d+ V$ x3 X, y% _4 s3 c8 uThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
, Q  V9 F% k8 a& d  \no doubt the next chaper
# d. W1 [6 b3 Vin my book of transformations
  [5 J$ F) K& e1 v: W) `is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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: J, i% h, V- T. R- h9 cThe Layers

; \3 A# A  e0 C! A% u1 KI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
/ B& Z; W( \1 G* d) G" U) K- sthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
* ~2 h3 b% o) A1 e3 f) @1 a, R& u$ ?before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
6 V/ [: X3 B% Z' \0 ]: fI see the milestones dwindling
/ `: b) V3 r+ D+ M2 ~' ~' w( ?; G/ M: Ptoward the horizon
2 G+ V8 r; a% z7 T8 kand the slow fires trailing
4 \) q, o  L  M7 Pfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
; K2 K2 L/ u$ s8 g% G' G- d- bover which scavenger angels
' p1 l/ s8 q' z" E+ S- b5 ~wheel on heavy wings.
2 s/ r: Z  B- t. ~7 f- mOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
) {6 d- I' |( C: I" J1 M: |to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
/ N: ~2 j; |/ f5 K( {% L! ]the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
( [$ m$ x$ `7 p, l+ ~! O+ C1 h$ c/ R8 tYet I turn, I turn,
$ ^, W8 _4 x& V2 B6 rexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
/ W: u8 A' n3 J/ n7 @In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
/ C. E% S+ P& m$ K, A, |- r' L: q6 sand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
5 \. [2 p/ t; l( Q# A/ Cno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
! n1 s$ p4 X; ~5 p, P: S. B! @' p( Vis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
! M8 k. x# v* e, C3 e7 Q" N& g5 {—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
. x& C+ j1 @/ _你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

6 v: u  }( A& ~* v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