【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。
; s$ {$ B, N* X8 a( G) i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
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" k- W7 g/ E% i8 ?& c% QI have walked through many websites,
& }: ^7 K: T* `! i" U2 y0 {5 _0 Msome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
( c7 M7 F& ~$ uout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
9 a3 `$ F- m4 c9 }- rand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
: |, q" u& L/ e5 M+ o1 kIn my darkest night,
. v& {9 _! Y1 W2 d& b9 ~when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
! I& X5 k7 T/ tdirected me:
Live in the layers
" h8 H2 T$ E* M7 P% w& X) o) _4 enot on the litter.
* A" {) ^2 d% W7 p) bThough I lack the art
" F9 ^; ~# u, [! ^! e" H! @" Mto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
: b9 y2 ~) c7 }& cin my book of transformations
$ Q9 t; n% Z. h% m8 Vis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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3 P: x; g" H$ ]9 U7 D0 W' e: RThe Layers
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# v& D. v2 Y4 T# {I have walked through many lives,
. @4 C3 @/ B4 o$ w* X/ U: Fsome of them my own,
) H: `5 z# D" ?* k% S& r2 m0 hand I am not who I was,
2 i$ g- L* V( ]+ l6 Zthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
2 e, S: ]% M8 X' A0 l: p6 ]When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
$ B; i6 y- Y+ H# U6 ^before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
. H# @7 v" s/ u" b9 j; rtoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
7 L, H9 Z0 P2 h  e# H) ^3 R! |from the abandoned camp-sites,
9 X/ k- p$ D4 L6 f! |( iover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
! U$ ?, R* N* l) G4 R* V. mand my tribe is scattered!
* I/ M% E  q2 P5 I0 A: W# x* D& fHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
, o6 a+ ?: b( ]8 u1 E  B7 ?% t- pIn a rising wind
; h. V3 Y8 n& g0 Q) }/ L; Q) Tthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
; [; Z, E9 J' j, Z- n$ p6 [bitterly stings my face.
* [/ i* u" o1 Z" `* C# jYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
, O" w& I# v, _: VIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
, U) Z: E8 [, f  \5 L- M! Cdirected me:
. q+ }1 Q! v4 @" }. |, t"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
* |  V& y, F& ^; j' N. D6 yin my book of transformations
2 C+ Q1 F& M& [: yis already written.
- X& O0 s! R. l. z4 x# A+ LI am not done with my changes.
# _* m; c# B' ?5 i" v—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

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5 _0 h. g  W8 G) g5 R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