【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。
  v3 \0 z( }5 o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

( l6 I- u- f4 N4 u$ mI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
. ~! `1 b" o0 M4 Q. k3 y& l, {and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
4 C5 ~% r$ A5 a' t6 E0 |+ zexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
8 d' T7 E7 [% a" M, zwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
/ U9 v0 {0 h( A+ T0 r" A4 \( R. z2 V2 tPrecious to me.
, l/ k# ?3 o& @# oIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
0 U* k, J+ E. B% Da nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
1 L( ~0 r' J9 X% f2 N- B/ J1 F, pThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
, ^; [4 Z3 X) m( D# ~9 L& F8 W$ w2 gno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
% |; d" ?0 D' G! s; ^+ rI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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  l+ B, ~' h: D% T( g% i原文在此：

The Layers
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1 T! M3 X1 c/ X" lI have walked through many lives,
: {# _. ]) r( o& B5 V* [( psome of them my own,
5 O6 d: y) V8 p/ g4 R  g  Band I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
, z$ ]8 \/ @* kWhen I look behind,
6 {9 W. F8 m8 w) t6 b. bas I am compelled to look
7 j7 n2 q" A) Z6 I! e' A% X+ sbefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
/ o5 J% U+ n) C! S8 M: {from the abandoned camp-sites,
3 j* J- K. }' V! Y4 `4 ~over which scavenger angels
: @" m* E9 a+ S) O4 K. ^8 qwheel on heavy wings.
, U, Q3 q0 ^  V4 h  _Oh, I have made myself a tribe
' O1 O7 z; b9 L! ?1 B) W, Jout of my true affections,
8 r  V( K0 u" _( dand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
0 p+ A& n8 n# [! }2 j/ m6 fto its feast of losses?
- x! W  z4 ~% ?) [) oIn a rising wind
( I7 d' W% j) |the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
! |9 Z' g+ ]: V7 Tbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
$ n. u3 ?* S" q5 F2 _$ @with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
- U2 }9 o( k# J+ O8 K5 [9 \precious to me.
In my darkest night,
; J1 T8 z) x4 c' L1 i/ Mwhen the moon was covered
1 k) a, r+ k# ~1 [7 {( |and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
7 c! G4 ^3 s+ t+ q* ]directed me:
"Live in the layers,
5 m( Z" h9 s* Qnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
2 {1 N1 l6 Y+ {. YI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

0 ~, n# {" @4 ?' t) S[ 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
/ l. V5 n. A' b5 P4 \0 t& q谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

& l$ Y2 B) J# N8 A9 P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