【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 G% n2 M- e  r    The layers

2 K6 k. f$ {  T+ nI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
+ c9 l  P# f* h0 P7 F* [. A. E, sI go, I go
0 f7 d: N1 R1 t: z1 d# G# C9 n8 I) sexulting somewhat,
- X% i( q! z: Q. `0 D/ r2 G: }8 ^with my will intact to go
1 j! D% L# Y. b7 d+ kwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
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a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
; N: r$ Y! T' t' w" B" l. [( Qdirected me:
, N; w6 `7 G7 k8 GLive in the layers
0 h- a+ a& }' S5 E8 i. B3 Nnot on the litter.
0 D+ j8 }2 `/ y# [4 A+ y) XThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
. k9 }1 c4 D3 |* S: yno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
" q9 J- x4 \$ Bis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
7 m$ N1 G# x1 f0 w- ?9 wbefore I can gather strength
- ]* v+ m9 ~- O, nto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
/ m* }  ?0 `, ?9 Qtoward the horizon
" Q+ N, v8 h' e% f8 i: u4 u1 A5 Yand the slow fires trailing
6 ]6 E( u9 a9 W0 Y& T% Gfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
& V. p  v0 h1 z: h6 `1 ^( hover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
. n5 u$ L0 i. M$ @" J( yout of my true affections,
6 R+ c  r" F" ^) ]4 ^: C: cand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
$ P( j2 i2 \5 P9 M% @/ Vto its feast of losses?
# z! k+ N4 R  o6 l/ \1 ?' e4 [In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
7 T3 O  R+ c7 Bthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
7 [; \' ~9 V! hYet I turn, I turn,
, |3 q0 [7 R3 O7 Rexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" a9 U+ L: `- v4 @whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
2 [  L6 J0 b( ~3 {2 `0 p- rprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
+ p  B  x$ K% i7 w$ R6 mwhen the moon was covered
7 e+ ^& [. ?9 H) q3 L5 kand I roamed through wreckage,
0 L; `* l6 ]6 D, h0 A% k& q! ka nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
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+ J# s/ q3 ]( g! m2 R0 ~$ x3 ^( Yto decipher it,
. }7 h$ M/ V3 G! O5 `9 P1 jno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
+ E. m( x2 }+ Yis already written.
I 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
/ ]$ f3 e, f& Y) x- T3 A% k7 q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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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
# B5 I: ]+ `3 A: t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