【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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9 h0 N6 d7 g3 l2 [3 I$ Z    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
( }# e# [) \& k0 a7 x9 _3 }( n1 lsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
6 x% P1 i. D3 f' d9 q/ iOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
; y% ?5 R9 B+ U: Z% K  aout of his true affections.
0 `# x0 `% g" U7 I5 [- M: Y8 bI go, I go
+ j+ y& W2 e9 |# O8 C4 A, {: W' g# ]exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
: ^/ V6 {0 d7 r- uwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
' x( {$ a- E; h( R* F2 ZPrecious to me.
. Q7 [* R( q7 X( x1 jIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
9 A/ ]8 j" {( c2 kand I roamed through websites,
7 y1 @: \& N9 Y  V- @a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
, P/ u2 a& r9 {9 _0 E# I# E8 I$ z; ^Live in the layers
not on the litter.
+ o" M# U# b2 U0 xThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
& M0 _! I+ O4 x; s: p$ G9 Yand I am not who I was,
, W: P/ V( D$ Y) Q9 H! o  pthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
2 Y, n" x3 c* F: Mas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
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( B1 [3 Z, @5 g6 c% R  F) Sover which scavenger angels
: l+ A7 f+ i* _' q9 Fwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
2 T9 N4 x) P# M9 a  c, t) Dand my tribe is scattered!
2 n8 @0 e- j8 L# `3 i0 {How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
' J5 v! w  J* O& z7 y/ u. Athose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
/ f, [. W& s6 }Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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In my darkest night,
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and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
$ g0 C3 d# G6 T7 c4 f4 Wdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
! N( }: S( Q$ [) ^' Y- S4 ?) YThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
+ B+ i% n) O! g& T2 Rin my book of transformations
is already written.
) o) v# C# v  c+ Y( w2 @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
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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+ y1 t: @9 Z: w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