【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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3 @" _) b/ D7 M0 i    The layers

$ L0 m% w, A! k4 ^, q% F7 z4 vI have walked through many websites,
# g" x1 {: d% w. g* Asome of them I like,
3 {7 }% F# `! Band some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
. g" y! }) N3 s2 \* vI go, I go
2 B  [) x: s# [! w9 yexulting somewhat,
1 O& d. O( _  I0 b! k8 [! u' Dwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
4 t& D: @3 G0 [! L2 c2 T& [and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
Live in the layers
( g" x7 ?8 {# S$ N" B, [5 \$ G& @not on the litter.
2 t& M  n- F7 m2 n% n+ v" fThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
4 v9 ?5 f+ u- y7 lno doubt the next chaper
) j, S1 Y) K5 M# ?! [$ |) @7 @1 [in my book of transformations
' \3 ~" m! M7 j7 dis already written.
9 w1 o3 {- p4 Z. t$ _I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：
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The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
7 D3 Y: Y" W- H0 S6 X( iand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
- ^; E, W4 l  M  i% y) Z5 X8 Q* Xabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
5 i) C2 A( B" ]2 e. g7 S/ c$ ^When I look behind,
/ @8 k# X9 L. g' @as I am compelled to look
3 u2 _2 c! N2 [  wbefore I can gather strength
* z& q  z  B( t6 I3 ?7 e: _% rto proceed on my journey,
  T* J' E# Y) Y5 ]$ B8 V3 n' l: fI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
7 c' h% v/ ~. n* F! W2 i& Nand the slow fires trailing
, `1 O2 i/ Q$ `) U! hfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
1 U) N1 D% S2 u0 tover which scavenger angels
% }" l! |- X* q& \+ A* I5 H7 Awheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
6 k1 {' w9 W5 x. Y) P5 kand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
9 S" K' G+ j* ~, w/ g7 @- SIn a rising wind
% b7 Q! M; o' q' R% z( }the manic dust of my friends,
) R' a- D2 m8 L; d6 H0 Lthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
1 k. w$ i9 P3 `2 d7 LYet I turn, I turn,
: X4 b4 B( K" \3 [( Dexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
  l# ?, r0 A3 @7 H+ i( Nprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
; U" j" ?+ U+ O1 sand I roamed through wreckage,
/ E8 H- @* b  S  Ga nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
# I0 ^) q0 K8 }2 t% t3 Xnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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
! N' Q2 z. z7 Q4 {0 M% t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

/ B+ Z4 a! e/ o! ]- K: p" m2 Z/ T. |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