【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。
1 k9 m1 ?3 F  b& f$ 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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/ o7 l1 b. |' ~9 [- v% x8 Z    The layers

I 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
7 s& f* M( x1 d# B4 X8 z, `out of his true affections.
I go, I go
" N5 {1 i* \% `* [" |exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
4 L0 T7 P( t  g# M  mand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
4 G  W" Q; _* H8 F9 V0 ?4 ]Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
2 O. \* C7 d/ h2 Ea nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
8 Q8 S# P5 S! i5 J$ y9 |directed me:
Live in the layers
  `: z9 N7 D1 R8 f) a" Enot on the litter.
7 g! O, A  H1 J7 ~* BThough I lack the art
: w6 g3 Z& F. j: t( \& ]' O4 tto decipher it,
- D! O* f1 ?9 p1 Xno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
+ P) m: Q: X$ G$ v( d; wI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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6 }6 O) i) B! m; v) }# Q原文在此：

: J9 M, k) Q5 L: M7 u8 O- p1 ZThe Layers
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0 C0 U6 A- d( e) x5 zI have walked through many lives,
& `+ I% K4 ^6 Y4 ?some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
1 _, O8 a! W% Ythough some principle of being
3 g% O& _0 ]( R7 Q9 M' Fabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
  ?* K5 K! L: gWhen I look behind,
/ i: B* B; i! e, |as I am compelled to look
/ x; k/ t9 g6 q6 R2 V6 [, q% B9 @* obefore I can gather strength
) e) [% }5 R3 D. Z" `" W3 Lto proceed on my journey,
2 d' {) S8 {+ z) A7 c. z: ZI see the milestones dwindling
( y. I; `: k8 `0 `toward the horizon
7 U$ x+ F* k6 C$ d. f1 ^and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
/ Q, Y; b  r$ kwheel on heavy wings.
) y0 }$ s% p( }; POh, I have made myself a tribe
, X4 U$ Y  d9 }3 c0 ?out of my true affections,
1 m% ]) h4 ^1 g5 e, Jand my tribe is scattered!
8 l0 h5 Z$ E) i$ s, ?) |7 ZHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
- N/ m( G8 ]' h9 I, S- HIn a rising wind
" r7 L) C) O# X0 H5 u/ r; X9 uthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
7 O, M, P/ P- D! M* Pand every stone on the road
precious to me.
0 E6 ^; H7 l" i/ |5 Q* g& `In my darkest night,
# {. l+ m; A% p$ O2 mwhen the moon was covered
. ]' ~. R  G. _and I roamed through wreckage,
/ F5 t# _; S, ]( n0 S* a$ ea nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
( _) G2 g0 a1 {  Cnot on the litter."
* @% U( v: U9 ]  E1 D5 l* [Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
# t! i& `5 B* Ono doubt the next chapter
" l+ X: y1 P0 q' X, y7 W: uin my book of transformations
is already written.
! D. I% E1 ]$ P) y, g. NI am not done with my changes.
: I2 q* Q% \+ c$ r8 s) ^1 L- \, i4 k—Stanley Kunitz
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[ 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

) U3 z! i+ w" k  R* H4 ]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
. e( W4 ^( @8 C% u1 Q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