【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。
+ u3 v6 Y# Z, s3 _% G" q: B+ n1 P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

I have walked through many websites,
) v, O' M! H. }6 o$ I$ K" osome of them I like,
) J; Z& i. X* K2 xand some of them I do not like.
0 k% R6 ^: x0 q) S. I0 FOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
. k' G3 O( v2 Q& Nout of his true affections.
4 S- P/ }1 b( [; M# K" L7 q; GI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
' t2 O8 D" |7 x2 @" j- Swherever I need to go,
: f* M# ]( N6 P! t4 k2 mand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
( L2 v/ A) W9 G6 F3 FPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
5 ^2 z5 A  d2 T# D) Aand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
* N, L# j7 z0 V* R- S; Hdirected me:
' l4 O- p5 o4 B9 FLive in the layers
not on the litter.
9 G- q: j0 J! q+ I( p8 R1 LThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
& S( I" ^+ F  K, }1 z1 n) U+ Fin my book of transformations
is already written.
- k5 \/ F+ o/ m0 w# X1 ZI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

9 N' p* m! x+ e原文在此：
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0 P7 k# c7 T! V5 l1 p* l% oThe Layers

# L# F; j  Q; K2 S( t$ HI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
+ @4 o; L) P8 _" R; A# G0 _and I am not who I was,
. a4 u$ @2 V* x* P4 L0 ^  \3 w0 Hthough some principle of being
1 P' e$ D, n* Iabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
  K. {" E8 R9 EWhen 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
6 _6 J  ?1 l+ zfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
$ J+ E2 M+ F$ T* C- k& gand my tribe is scattered!
+ N5 [. e- I/ Y1 {3 F4 I8 B" zHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
+ g' }1 R7 q' c/ aIn a rising wind
/ z1 f6 z! A% M" K9 d& z3 o3 e. ethe manic dust of my friends,
8 N8 T, c" t5 Uthose who fell along the way,
& ?. s* `- E+ x5 l2 bbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
4 g6 Z/ U; L6 @$ \  ~; H; Xexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
  L  a6 }, `4 Z1 D. s7 Sand every stone on the road
precious to me.
* Z( Z/ N) J9 x' bIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
1 S3 k$ j/ Y& O2 q8 c0 r/ Aand I roamed through wreckage,
. d/ v0 |0 j  J% @# m, Ja nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
0 u; ?, ~; }1 z4 d! l5 N1 g"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
8 q$ t4 F0 N0 F2 E5 F( Mis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
9 b$ q* x( J) c" d7 t: E6 t3 u6 L, G—Stanley Kunitz
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/ O$ U- g- w6 O9 |0 g: Q8 O; L2 @[ 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
; ?/ q4 t) N/ V1 C你如果用杨氏英语写成，估计老杨就能看懂了，呵呵

& E* w$ H- b: _5 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
, n5 c9 t7 s- N  |" |谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

* z& h5 V! J& m4 o6 K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