【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。
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 R' x/ T! @1 p- F    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
3 E! E, H& l- Y! Asome of them I like,
; O" z) t! G, cand some of them I do not like.
; G' R$ k$ Q7 _( y! Z$ OOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
9 o9 A: h3 P' twhen the moon was covered
8 T6 s9 h! L$ p' q% g4 Kand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
% I5 W6 J& E* W" P1 t9 l2 CLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
  F. ]: P- t% o+ f# Q& |$ {) eno doubt the next chaper
4 @. f8 L$ U7 j4 q0 ^2 yin my book of transformations
is already written.
' V7 l! m6 o# Z" [) h: l5 Q3 i8 }  TI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
; X; L1 c6 Q% ~9 b" S9 w" xsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
6 u  Q1 @% {4 O5 _+ r) S- p- g2 dWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
- z4 l. a$ g' DI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
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7 ?; i/ C6 X# S& H' F. D$ Cfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
% z% K! Q) |$ T5 R; cover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
9 v8 q3 N9 t. ]9 V+ M+ n% g& G. _' fOh, I have made myself a tribe
7 O- r& G# @- [8 z. J  u' wout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
2 V  B3 b% s4 H: ?- Gto its feast of losses?
9 T$ N) P6 A. aIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
; p7 c3 G( a% M! B4 hthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
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with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
+ X" D: ~" p4 {2 x; band every stone on the road
precious to me.
: K8 T' S$ S7 E5 o$ t/ mIn my darkest night,
* u0 y7 q9 X1 k% L9 twhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
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"Live in the layers,
' A5 t; }* n! W* S* }" ]2 ?not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
3 y3 ?" M, b% n- gI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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1 O9 m+ q* w& |- |- m! `% a  E[ 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

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
  G5 X7 k2 {( b. }  ^+ b谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

5 k3 T7 `9 k$ M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