【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。
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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0 ?  P. h6 j' f$ `    The layers

* P' L+ H+ D6 VI have walked through many websites,
* N0 Y$ v5 |% Y: |) Csome of them I like,
9 _5 Q+ u0 n# f: v8 B- L6 Sand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
4 E4 V2 ~5 y# h( [& V* Wwith my will intact to go
! u1 t& Z+ [9 t' e2 c) Gwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
+ A2 }, k% e' S- z& V2 v8 RIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
# u0 `' T; @5 L  O: Na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
0 E9 f# P8 P* r1 q" Pdirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
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in my book of transformations
/ j2 a* B+ s. U5 Y) v" D; H- |is already written.
6 v* q/ l3 h& u# S( ZI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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- T; p. w3 X9 g7 T% x3 X/ y6 J原文在此：
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! B& G' _# J  k1 C- oThe Layers
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) E2 l3 K1 V; _2 j7 \I have walked through many lives,
6 C1 l2 u  a( P- t9 Ksome of them my own,
3 H# h3 b; |, @5 w2 iand I am not who I was,
6 _% u; [) @; y4 g) Tthough some principle of being
6 V2 A! Z( _8 M  b2 x4 aabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as 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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Oh, I have made myself a tribe
; V) Y3 ^; J8 T5 W9 v# qout of my true affections,
2 @4 I1 k6 R1 E  N. ^0 Wand my tribe is scattered!
$ Y$ y7 N$ e2 G! M& x( BHow shall the heart be reconciled
$ e" e# O( y# L' `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.
: i5 N1 k) D) t' r& K% C" p9 UYet I turn, I turn,
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with my will intact to go
/ e$ G; g; Q+ ^' z& q: `8 v" Y5 Nwhereever I need to go,
% j3 K' ]& C  D4 s% Z& b: F0 G- Iand every stone on the road
4 G, b/ m1 ^6 C9 Rprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
; f9 g+ W8 v; L; c  g# e: Fwhen the moon was covered
; G2 \7 h1 u# V$ s' I; J$ U7 }and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
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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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[ 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

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

* y* S' Y$ `. b% s) 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