【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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I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
- m, C% {$ n9 \$ d. vand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
( O" e7 x  F. {6 {& ^# ~exulting somewhat,
4 s, c1 ?6 M( C+ Qwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
- ?0 ]# i' M8 F2 v, I1 |9 G3 s$ }and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
- }+ P1 s; P9 q1 o( tPrecious to me.
! P# }# d: K9 Y2 S2 [0 o5 }In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
7 l& r/ z# e+ h4 E$ I1 Ga nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
9 w9 {- X- k( I9 C/ k" B% Gdirected me:
Live in the layers
3 L& v+ v7 {( i+ ?3 a+ c: `not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
3 @+ Q9 d1 @5 D1 tis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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% ?$ X+ ]* B4 c# h% U3 l% [The Layers
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) h( m: q% I9 M5 s) e0 R2 tI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
1 F8 R6 U7 W2 f1 M7 Zthough some principle of being
  k8 ^- P! i4 U. Q0 F. Xabides, from which I struggle
8 N: V2 A' S1 M/ R7 ^not to stray.
5 {4 w; L! z% }3 m- q4 ~When I look behind,
& h* q$ a8 C) H  L9 Sas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
' k  m/ r  i$ ?. uI see the milestones dwindling
! p# q" F# {2 b* P) ?- _' _toward the horizon
, f, y; |$ E5 ~3 R/ W7 zand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
" j/ m# P+ U8 q9 Y( x# o& [. ]* S+ n! oout of my true affections,
  d1 _; p4 o. x- L1 Q, ?  Dand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
$ H: _. ^: V6 j, {) d6 Z4 A. F! ~the manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
! f% u% z) Q2 X. Y$ A0 P* F" TYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
9 i9 ~4 t% G6 }/ ?. Z( r7 mwhereever I need to go,
- b$ r) M& h+ j+ Wand every stone on the road
precious to me.
+ x' l& k/ r8 s$ J# FIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
  d1 g# U8 _/ g% w7 ~) L( S) k2 y; oa nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
- u/ i* X: d( R  \6 j% T- O"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
Though I lack the art
2 Z. ^7 i" X* H) D: k( x; ~9 fto decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

% a; F7 C" w5 ~, u& d/ U# g1 \/ A[ 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

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

2 g) s, u' ?+ d, |9 O3 _* G- ~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