【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 a6 N" C( G* I( |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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: `9 @0 b3 j3 q. ~; u    The layers
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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
7 S) q5 S7 s- n* H8 I9 ~! C' m* nout of his true affections.
! ]6 o* |8 d' o' {. i+ K' m+ sI go, I go
7 F* c! d& C) o0 eexulting somewhat,
, n7 T( ~( J* y: j) Uwith my will intact to go
. ^7 M8 ~& s, p) [; y: D3 xwherever I need to go,
* R7 e0 f& r0 D: t! ]- A9 u& ?and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
% T. A1 F; z* k2 t7 ~2 \0 f' wPrecious to me.
! r: {1 H8 d6 C% QIn my darkest night,
' {1 L4 j* ^! d! X2 f( Nwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
  G1 v8 B/ K6 sa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
) f; x3 \8 z4 }! L6 J, Anot on the litter.
! s& K1 N; X" q  }Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
% T0 P) G+ \- ]I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

* z5 B# a) Z. ?8 Q原文在此：
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  {! }$ Y7 u, k: S3 R# IThe Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
$ G; B( `) A6 P3 e$ b# n, Zsome of them my own,
9 m* W  F% [1 Q/ ]: x' ?and I am not who I was,
) G4 E$ P: j( l) ]8 D5 y; T& hthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
# z3 s: l$ N( oWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
. m+ a/ B5 v- X6 X% {before I can gather strength
$ w( S3 j; U# I6 R7 hto proceed on my journey,
* \4 t2 G/ v5 O9 j% zI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
! a7 b7 P  ~) F' c! Y! tover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
& y  t1 e+ m( X8 ^5 d8 gout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
; p* ~8 k& K2 @! dto its feast of losses?
% l( n8 B6 q& `# `, gIn a rising wind
& T' g# t3 c9 j1 S) Qthe manic dust of my friends,
. o: W) @* l6 @, }5 `those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
  k* |3 j& e5 _$ U9 TYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
1 |: o8 l7 _7 {; Gwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
* V9 t% Z1 v# H/ ]/ f& Aprecious to me.
0 G( J6 Q& x1 a# O. f7 V5 i" X* c5 s( bIn my darkest night,
- r& A9 o' X! H; _when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
7 k5 A6 [9 J% u" G" a3 ^* ya nimbus-clouded voice
* i' k3 L# p3 h+ [9 S8 hdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
5 v7 p  c, ~- c* Z0 @5 OThough I lack the art
. \, g5 {* L: w0 s' P  vto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
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is already written.
# U, o. w' x4 V+ C6 u( TI am not done with my changes.
% Q3 v) X$ H" g! k—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
/ Z1 d4 @7 ^0 E5 Y0 O3 v+ ]% t你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

% I( O0 C3 {9 N+ [" S0 I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

  k4 n- P% ^/ v9 V3 a+ Y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