【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



    The layers

0 i2 J3 U# |: K& AI have walked through many websites,
* R; A( ?) p0 S- ksome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
9 k, q( b( j3 a4 X% hOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
! k; f5 B9 M6 a7 Qexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" K+ j) h. l8 m' C3 g! Qwherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
0 }6 `# s8 C) p" o8 o( |Precious to me.
" g$ }& J) v& S! G/ ^# W% V7 eIn my darkest night,
7 e' C0 B+ U4 V2 S1 u: G  {6 [2 Rwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
3 @: w( V* r& Na nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
, [9 `, f7 o; E6 r  Xdirected me:
Live in the layers
) L+ @0 L7 m( ]/ Znot on the litter.
) r1 ]9 J4 y  sThough I lack the art
: M2 \! T, E, j3 }1 v: Vto decipher it,
% S* r  I  }+ K9 y; Lno doubt the next chaper
! y+ v1 f5 W) \in my book of transformations
* t' U! o7 ^8 N6 E# `' O. |is already written.
5 n$ c1 |! D9 |1 @- F2 w, ZI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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2 [) V6 N; G! _: O+ P原文在此：
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The Layers
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. D9 ~  }2 k! rI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
) i) e4 J" Z1 w) Cthough some principle of being
: ^$ R$ a8 `1 ^6 j# v- |' r4 pabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
* M" g+ n% e0 H+ y& Vbefore I can gather strength
7 x2 K  C" f. A/ Lto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
8 y3 v/ J3 s* s7 h9 H& e7 _7 E& ^: stoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
$ R% ]4 m5 x$ E! lwheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
1 [5 P7 q- Q7 D0 ]and my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
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.
Yet I turn, I turn,
+ F1 j/ s9 P' \$ dexulting somewhat,
+ `7 {: e) P: F- g) F3 \. r" }# Hwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
1 ^$ @9 v8 g& V1 g7 U. B& T& w3 Rprecious to me.
2 `& @$ o/ Q2 CIn my darkest night,
) d* e+ b* I: x, U5 dwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
: ]; B  U2 f3 X9 ]+ O& s  U9 }' I0 X"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
1 J0 a- t$ y* h2 g. |. C/ HThough I lack the art
& u' `  W0 j: L' I( ]to decipher it,
% W; F" I# l0 B6 n: \5 Eno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
; C; Q" w$ b0 g7 ?is already written.
0 F( @8 Q" o& U% r! P. ]& h  sI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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0 I+ n7 I% R  g3 m7 u0 d[ 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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9 U5 S. U/ v8 g  E( i$ J8 Q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

- v( ~& o9 M$ d% q* u; {$ f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