【五周年征文】The layer

betterbest

【五周年征文】诗歌一首，根据Stanley Kunitz的诗歌 The layer 改编。
) a. o7 R1 R% U6 v! A3 }; X9 @! t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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: S0 C$ ?4 [1 b; G; ]8 ?1 Z    The layers

& C( l& \" z! f$ qI have walked through many websites,
) q0 e) `$ @9 M5 q' M; p% Z* c' n- Dsome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
/ x" m9 ]2 m/ |/ a  _6 V0 xI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
( X, [" u; g  G1 `9 c: t5 v1 _wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
, i0 l9 S2 }6 z, c3 APrecious to me.
5 s6 L' t5 d/ `' v& R6 i% lIn my darkest night,
5 k, }6 J$ H0 n2 _when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
$ }4 t( Y- h8 r& A* vLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
% A$ f1 O; {& J. t' {0 rto decipher it,
' v, w( R3 H' O+ q+ T2 I( b- Ono doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
/ G- a1 N, j, ]5 j( cis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
. o- H4 R8 a2 }$ T1 @- v& eabides, from which I struggle
+ q/ }) l& _1 p3 g! B/ N& E6 u- {not to stray.
When I look behind,
6 H+ p/ J2 r' @  s& n$ y0 _as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
7 l, _1 D) L' |, \I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
0 C& Q$ W, S4 ?$ t, vand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
: G1 g+ l4 K; R* b" r4 }over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
4 O, |, T. C$ c& `' |9 G2 Pand my tribe is scattered!
7 }& ], r7 A# }6 y/ i/ D+ FHow shall the heart be reconciled
9 D0 }$ [* @' F0 o( J( ?- R# `5 Pto its feast of losses?
( _4 X8 l" h) K7 SIn a rising wind
8 [. B1 Z+ \' ^4 [$ U# @" Pthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
4 ]& Q8 W7 @: |, Hbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
5 r3 u/ m/ J' bwhereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
& j1 I. v# Z  B0 xand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
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"Live in the layers,
6 e0 X+ k' }  t( N& A5 [& u7 Onot on the litter."
+ Q, s3 V" O2 ?4 e6 yThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
- N" R, X$ w2 n& b( ^3 G, H5 cno doubt the next chapter
% I3 g! w6 P/ k" r" c1 ein my book of transformations
; h8 ~/ s/ n4 y- Q9 O2 O* _& His already written.
I am not done with my changes.
  u- }- A4 K  D1 o  }  m: x% T/ t( v—Stanley Kunitz

[ 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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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

5 Q2 B& [6 G$ m- y  P/ {/ q% S, ^, z! e. x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