【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。
* R! v6 K( Y# |( Z3 [) c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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4 f; @4 j* D. }5 @/ g    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
" m6 T8 w! o1 x7 w) B/ _some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
; c  R& \% ]% z* a' uOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
- o- W6 N3 ?* `8 X% K* O7 V! ^& Cwith my will intact to go
7 X1 U- o8 n% O- a$ B& \wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
; n& Q) K- Y5 n8 X: K2 Z; {and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
# j" L# V3 w8 [: A& F8 w9 ALive in the layers
not on the litter.
/ j/ ~* o+ t6 H* _9 H  cThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
" t8 K3 ^7 G) }# D8 H2 Rno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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' m7 \% J, U, }% ~( BI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

+ K) n: O: E: n原文在此：
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! n6 y! g4 |6 tThe Layers
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6 z- c' O1 I) B1 H7 y9 U( ~+ _I have walked through many lives,
3 ?$ ?  H! V9 b+ ]& s) usome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
/ A3 l8 [- k! ^- \5 ^; w4 @though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
# }, n2 {( r  }not to stray.
When I look behind,
* y. O. f' @& t$ l  v( G: was I am compelled to look
. I! R! C  ]1 b# w' x3 pbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
2 i5 Y+ S% ]. E( f  XI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
4 S) x  W. Y) x7 t- `wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
, k- S- g4 A& W+ i, k1 X, i( ]out of my true affections,
# J! d* @4 A+ F+ {) rand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
, P& b8 V1 K8 b( f8 N" I. g  q' R: p0 MYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
" u" r8 I! k. l# l* @) |+ Y- h, B& u9 Hand every stone on the road
* ~) |2 c7 c* a* t; C; Z  w7 m- ]precious to me.
* C9 i3 Y6 ^2 |' m. AIn my darkest night,
" Z8 Y/ F3 g% B2 k4 y# f. Kwhen the moon was covered
$ R, Y7 H0 V7 wand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
( H$ b8 c6 m9 @! \no doubt the next chapter
# X) V- Y/ g1 k  J) J4 v% lin my book of transformations
# D4 Q" Y& ?, s0 \# pis already written.
9 B, a- y" v8 |1 R; W$ sI am not done with my changes.
* V3 J/ G7 G9 G9 F# V9 t—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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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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
0 w. q/ g2 a6 N7 f7 x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