【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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7 \# A0 J" y6 V    The layers
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8 Y4 ]0 Z# d. ?7 ?. A, ~6 _I have walked through many websites,
% H# e5 h$ I; H( a( V: osome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
  x9 `3 Q0 O5 j% q! W) bout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
0 I8 ^$ c3 i! X3 i; @with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
% b* X# S, f9 _+ l( Band every post on the Edmontonchina Community
  r7 l! @: K+ H5 w0 B; k6 _; v& kPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
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4 B9 u  H- U* l) y  L/ c, Z: ra nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
# \# |3 h  F8 C$ J: e9 Q0 i3 hdirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
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  L% F! @# K7 a) t% N0 k) S' mno doubt the next chaper
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is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

8 {, W8 f' o# e' Z' {: w2 K8 t原文在此：
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9 n" i; i) i) s  X) K8 zThe Layers
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2 m' A& k* Z( p8 ]+ pI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
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abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
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to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
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7 \/ |( k3 ?* Xfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
5 Y1 l' V; A, F& f7 {8 v! D) pover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
3 {. @. q8 s* @: K; T& [and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
7 O3 L, o2 V/ t2 r; rIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
0 Z# M& R1 y& r% hthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
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whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
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4 `) q8 N$ U* l( ]& rIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
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, y1 _& [' A2 `' \"Live in the layers,
7 ~6 u1 n; X& k% F' u& x* ]not on the litter."
. ]3 e7 O) \5 U/ _Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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# F+ ~4 v# q, O[ 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
  _5 g% }# P% q! J4 `' f1 B你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

# F% [! E- g0 _1 M) M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
( u0 C4 P$ I% w5 u( z4 F0 ]谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

* M- O) _; L% M; o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