【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。
# a* L- h, V# r3 Q0 y2 @* z/ {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

0 n: {5 p! w) m& G, e2 x8 }I 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
$ W8 B1 D; Y2 Q/ F: mout of his true affections.
I go, I go
% ]8 ~# r# e0 Uexulting somewhat,
6 x2 ~9 Q, y9 s5 E9 z; Q& ]9 Dwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
! E0 g# A' y. S" i' pand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
9 H9 W% U+ f$ L  ^+ U7 K$ SIn my darkest night,
+ p. k8 W( r* ~when the moon was covered
6 M8 _& n( z4 d# A0 c$ `and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
- P* u, H! v% v% c/ K0 i- t- j5 Idirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
: m' S$ a: O- DThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
4 Q" E/ _0 V' l% u2 x% R' A. Pno doubt the next chaper
: H. |$ j8 i4 _! e2 Uin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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! O" l, O+ T% a8 ~( Q2 V, b0 [The Layers
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  [& B% v, O- s% h$ T( v8 b" VI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
; C- W" ]$ M: C! f4 f% C+ X  @and I am not who I was,
' |/ ^6 ~% F8 F/ cthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
3 g" p6 K/ G2 ]4 m, U; \3 k) Tnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
0 O/ W" ]+ s8 ]% n! r; vto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
% a3 l5 g! B( z9 }7 c0 Q& wtoward the horizon
1 e% X7 ]* l3 H; E3 ^! vand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
+ c; l2 P9 G. kover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
2 W+ P. o% _) c/ C5 n! }6 aOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
' [( W' _' S, l, d( {* g2 K( Q* G& T7 land my tribe is scattered!
# K& t& }  h3 C! U6 pHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
" R0 E; |9 X( zIn a rising wind
5 t" ?3 b6 s+ Q+ k0 ?5 U& S6 wthe manic dust of my friends,
6 Z1 ~# m3 G+ X  u, r4 ~5 N) ~$ J9 pthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
3 d# n+ r* T* i+ bYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
. |. Z- L2 N: S# X; Uwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
7 h5 ]3 p6 W' r: o0 hwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
  {# `5 Z5 h7 |a nimbus-clouded voice
5 a, X6 e! n* j7 Pdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
( R" x  d8 a; G" e, |# Ynot on the litter."
  ~! o- i' C, I- F- XThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
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I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

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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
+ f! a8 A  k- T! o你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

/ ^2 q! M8 T/ m3 n/ m/ l& B: E8 X0 E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
/ {) q# S4 }- ]2 U谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

  o9 V3 Z& _8 {2 T3 B6 q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