【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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    The layers

: l* {. a6 }% k  bI have walked through many websites,
7 a( K/ g5 M1 N; P2 N/ Q8 n; ksome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
& y2 g: E9 m3 |4 f/ c% Yexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
% t7 C' `/ \" y. U" r5 iwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
2 x* y% z4 a% H" l3 G( FPrecious to me.
) h! L) ?7 |$ V- F) F! Q& x4 O, zIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
- C) Z- `$ B4 e1 Z, T, _( gLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
' \0 `' C; P8 v: A& d) cto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
. p& }% ^2 ?) }4 M$ hin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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The Layers
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8 x: w/ R& n% J2 J) b( h! X* VI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
/ O* W3 l7 K, Q# N4 E" x9 M/ S7 yand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
' h0 V. J) x8 O4 |1 labides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
+ `% l( D4 A& `8 F! oWhen I look behind,
, ?- b( Z0 h6 B. v3 i# P3 cas I am compelled to look
4 [% ?' L3 C! y7 _  _- cbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
% w" M; [- `3 e% P& L6 c* mI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
3 I1 E* P$ s" \! land the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
. B% k( \7 S: Tover which scavenger angels
0 X! f& `0 M5 x' @8 C2 O4 [wheel on heavy wings.
/ f) ^) m  q4 j( t1 m1 sOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
- Y0 H: e" ?/ s- VHow shall the heart be reconciled
' A" A0 Z5 U" x& Pto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
, a0 D, B; z, k6 D% N2 e8 C% E- Vbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
; A/ ^/ p: V) j9 @: F& T  @exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
7 C4 t/ w* S% G- z7 o& uwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
  ~: q3 P# s" sa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
7 f  M$ S3 X) f! u, F/ p" |9 Nto decipher it,
$ h) y9 S! N: M9 Y0 R) gno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
5 X. m3 v* f* m' r* L. ^9 U/ |—Stanley Kunitz

$ }) a4 ?" N( E! s! N! ^[ 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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. Z9 z' F$ u- W* }1 |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