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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/ W' t8 C" J( o% P# r- y6 @, _: }
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: `9 @0 b3 j3 q. ~; u The layers
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I have walked through many websites,! b: Z0 U1 p; h$ }
some of them I like,1 b# y) q/ P v* W y: b& X* x
and some of them I do not like.; y7 K9 ~! u; \/ F* j
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 covered9 l; y5 B& v) u
and I roamed through websites,
G1 v8 B/ K6 sa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice b4 b0 z8 n0 T4 Y, l' R+ N' F
directed me:. u& d( @/ |! ^
Live in the layers
) f; x3 \8 z4 }! L6 J, Anot on the litter.
! s& K1 N; X" q }Though I lack the art 8 c5 o/ x f3 F7 b7 G* S
to decipher it,8 \' R7 d+ U' r O) B, h
no doubt the next chaper) f0 Z' v, S. ^0 u. ]6 K: {* V
in my book of transformations( [% L) x) C9 u3 i: N: e
is already written.
% T0 P) G+ \- ]I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.3 f8 |, h8 p' T
* 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 ; W! f `; F: [
abides, from which I struggle 5 M% n" Q/ ~$ o; W, w/ A
not to stray.
# z3 s: l$ N( oWhen I look behind, 5 }8 ]% B3 b/ _; a
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 $ r5 `9 @/ l! ]( r: a* h
toward the horizon 8 n8 M& S# Z, a& I, _; X
and the slow fires trailing " u6 v2 f! K1 w0 B# H; u; j3 x
from the abandoned camp-sites,
! a7 b7 P ~) F' c! Y! tover which scavenger angels # I8 t% }! \6 X. S: }7 W
wheel on heavy wings. / D9 y7 p4 c1 E
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
& y t1 e+ m( X8 ^5 d8 gout of my true affections, - u/ {8 r9 G1 B, W' g
and my tribe is scattered! 1 l+ W5 k9 n* A! ~' J
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, / \- X* w! y0 k9 p9 P
bitterly stings my face.
k* |3 j& e5 _$ U9 TYet I turn, I turn, $ D8 E1 M$ \! m; R1 C
exulting somewhat, - f; n- B h2 J, q% M
with my will intact to go
1 |: o8 l7 _7 {; Gwhereever I need to go, " ?& n* C/ |; P- R
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 : {0 D& J. c$ a- z9 g' W
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: : \/ p) ?% r) W: R
"Live in the layers, " }: |* ^, w5 S% e5 r* a
not on the litter."
5 v7 p c, ~- c* Z0 @5 OThough I lack the art
. \, g5 {* L: w0 s' P vto decipher it, + C& w' B+ m( q- c
no doubt the next chapter
' f5 O2 q. y1 e' R5 xin my book of transformations . H5 V0 A& G' _* |
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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