【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。
9 R2 R2 C' E6 ]) [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 Y) D' |. a: u    The layers

* T' g, t$ y& i  PI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
1 R5 d" g. f$ o8 R5 Pand some of them I do not like.
, C  W( Z) t5 n- W: O) kOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
& U$ p1 e! W4 D# y# pexulting somewhat,
" J! q, L) g% r2 i3 Dwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
7 v% z7 s( W0 w% S$ sPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
" x3 ]: n  R5 jwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
( t* B/ v! J% @* U# ydirected me:
, s( S2 @9 w& p# O2 g& a( V7 d0 o1 s9 RLive in the layers
/ j. q% [" X0 _# s1 H# c6 Bnot on the litter.
* {3 u4 L7 z( j, j0 YThough I lack the art
1 {; g! V& \9 l% f) jto decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
3 g3 ^  L+ [6 R4 j' Oin my book of transformations
' f* O) h+ @" r% Y8 wis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
4 m' K5 K0 d1 c! @' V+ |8 r+ K' |some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
" o6 R' l* [9 P  {: d- tthough some principle of being
  `# K' s0 d3 oabides, from which I struggle
3 X& I$ ~# E1 h8 k2 k6 Nnot to stray.
When I look behind,
7 s5 }% o% m5 t9 R$ R* R$ jas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
/ W' g5 d. e+ P. j; {2 }to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
0 U5 E8 ]! x4 G9 W" ~toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
; W% E# y  u- UOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
  b6 g- A! G# g+ F& @" O- hand my tribe is scattered!
* c0 h) U! |) a# RHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
& Q9 ?. J$ [7 P- ZIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
$ K" I6 P1 U. l$ {* P$ z+ M, Tthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
8 T7 w( x& X/ O3 o1 fwith my will intact to go
: u$ Z) C, K% Y/ \whereever I need to go,
( d- C" X7 x5 [6 h+ Xand every stone on the road
: y9 W  ]. E( o" g- \precious to me.
+ u8 N+ ~) v0 n* a8 Y+ a, ~7 GIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
) f2 x8 w3 j0 a- E3 _/ H"Live in the layers,
, R# J2 M9 [2 x! S4 @1 m+ @not on the litter."
5 D0 `9 _* T- Y- ~0 p: d8 AThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
3 ?: O( K; p/ Y" _2 N7 eno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
" l; z  A6 R: _& d3 `I am not done with my changes.
) r4 }& N2 d! O1 \—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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$ t& h: y' w, g, O$ 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
+ }9 ]7 l+ {# N5 A3 n% B谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

/ x6 d* C0 u' O) m* G! K9 M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