【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。
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
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$ `- Q) `2 U5 F0 J0 }. c5 TI 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
; `. q+ S0 z9 Y! B1 Aout of his true affections.
+ @$ L! @( n7 @; v2 X' x. LI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
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and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
" y. s# s8 \4 ^$ {* f8 ]) Y4 L, \a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
( a3 _, J3 J/ a9 ZLive in the layers
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8 i* P5 R8 Q* ^' ]# R. dThough I lack the art
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no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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3 T" J) O: s( z" fI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

5 U+ k: B" c& j/ l; t, N8 \The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
2 p! v) S7 j6 @3 Fsome of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
9 q. S  K+ o7 ]( d+ m6 \though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
+ K5 Z6 F5 ]3 C0 `0 SWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
" q8 T# `& o2 g& @: o4 M: Oto proceed on my journey,
+ U3 U! e/ w* t9 H( \+ Q& RI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
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Oh, I have made myself a tribe
5 \& B$ b" K' D5 X3 i5 w, _5 Aout of my true affections,
1 U) j5 P4 f- @: |& n8 fand my tribe is scattered!
) \1 e4 q  ~* M5 Y# T( YHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
& q6 k' Z) ?, o: W* \- zIn a rising wind
. d3 U* O  \, `; y/ Ethe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
8 D3 }! D( U& H0 c  ~8 Zbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
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6 v9 O, I. Z9 _$ I# Nand every stone on the road
precious to me.
+ Z, L) W7 k& b5 H% IIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
7 K6 R3 W7 X9 ~- Mand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
. h1 _: Q4 |7 b( G5 j  Zdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
0 t( j6 c3 ~2 Z1 |no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
. A0 E% Y7 u, Z8 q2 w$ d7 S+ tis already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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
0 o( X7 U+ t5 e2 r) f* t, D谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

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