【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

6 F7 V2 `8 H( G. h4 R& c8 ^) B) vI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
- v1 j: ~  e2 H7 nand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
1 M7 Y+ Z" O, R! ^: ~out of his true affections.
I go, I go
+ [8 I8 d7 O4 S/ Bexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
4 t: A9 M/ w0 W# awherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
$ V, [9 G, S$ ?! ^3 f8 T' lPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
6 I! ^1 e; k+ L  G5 wwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
  F  a+ g0 M' `0 w/ n# T1 o) L/ VLive in the layers
6 B5 G5 G) i% Z, }6 ?. N+ Qnot on the litter.
8 n( P* I5 Q& zThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
9 ~3 s0 i6 P! f5 p' [4 d: V7 Z- ono doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
. {3 e0 p/ x1 lis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

; F! I# Z3 d" O5 B3 e8 i2 q, G$ g& vThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
0 ~1 s% i9 k& x6 ~and I am not who I was,
* \. a5 F; P  f. _7 }1 t6 Cthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
( P4 U: _3 `3 W. i7 ^$ _as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
8 D! c$ F, M6 P: dto proceed on my journey,
. L& k6 y4 x' ~( [I see the milestones dwindling
  g' s4 _# p$ G" T% X9 S1 H. Ptoward the horizon
' U& E% ]! J. g' `# }( A3 n; h& aand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
, H. [! h# s/ d/ U1 W7 q7 Uover which scavenger angels
6 F& F. v0 X# B8 E9 K" Vwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
) `: G9 V, F* @4 w/ O3 eIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
0 h6 `: V- F& ~+ MYet I turn, I turn,
- R- R2 s) Y) M! e0 u* |% Qexulting somewhat,
* J0 @. y  r3 I2 H. K$ q* ], o! Xwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
, d3 ]$ n, v% I/ ^, W( A# {) o6 `and every stone on the road
precious to me.
4 r+ N- e$ j1 E& N1 O/ HIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
1 ^) _' u0 a7 i$ L; vnot on the litter."
4 P0 y8 O8 {( A2 V* {* H+ h( bThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
$ H3 m3 j4 f  T% p: eno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
! ?4 ?2 t# X7 v5 S/ g: Bis already written.
5 l- v9 _8 L# LI am not done with my changes.
—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
你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

( j1 b6 S: s5 Z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