【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。
3 j  I! x" l8 i) F" G6 R& J+ O# v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

$ y: \/ z& O7 E) h" Q1 P$ aI have walked through many websites,
* a& |+ b: o7 J/ a* Osome of them I like,
% U9 P/ q2 c: m  rand some of them I do not like.
1 j4 c4 I5 G7 U- x$ {5 OOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
$ k! k( K4 a3 N8 d& c  iout of his true affections.
. S2 @+ C$ l' t$ tI go, I go
+ s( R5 f+ _1 I; s& ]  p) texulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
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and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
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In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
4 O: u6 E1 C; `8 m  {+ Kand I roamed through websites,
1 J& ?  N7 L* h% Qa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
4 ?& y  `# P: }! Q! _+ zdirected me:
7 y9 X3 K% X4 N9 M6 ]Live in the layers
9 ^  W4 L7 B! P5 S3 qnot on the litter.
5 ~# Y, Z& C# D; ^7 Q4 VThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
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is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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0 Y9 G) ?" n  U: ~原文在此：
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8 R3 a2 y" L9 V, f0 S6 mThe Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
. j5 U8 S1 ~# F; i! i- b- X+ c% Cand I am not who I was,
0 j9 Y9 O7 `* b- Q6 J1 \4 B: n, Mthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
( }3 L7 j4 u$ @! K# u$ Mnot to stray.
" [* T, B% U$ |# Q% `6 ?7 LWhen I look behind,
9 t  K; Z* i0 o- S* Qas I am compelled to look
# w5 `7 d- k5 w3 V' Z$ L% ebefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
" _2 D" Z- I7 r) L1 s3 v/ S$ ^toward the horizon
( Y* T2 O$ {8 {/ f( |and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
; ~9 Z# V4 v' Q& ?Oh, I have made myself a tribe
$ P" B+ Z- h) J4 O/ e8 V/ U: Yout of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
- e4 z8 Y4 B. X+ @' U! V) L( M) OHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
2 s& S; k4 Q& Y$ a3 }% ^- g8 xthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
) Z( q# k5 s" Z2 W, Y1 xYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
; ]2 A( g. s# c  pwith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
$ x+ d5 t1 ?, \+ M1 C2 sand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
% b* ]- d! L1 ?- U" ?and I roamed through wreckage,
  R8 w3 Q2 W4 N% la nimbus-clouded voice
' Z* V6 S2 ~  Q6 l4 ?directed me:
: w( |& C/ P/ o+ A; M* q" Q+ G"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
7 |! ^/ b/ h/ y% zThough I lack the art
8 _. K# |8 ]$ e* q! d$ Z- ~  kto decipher it,
9 S1 P& v% j$ {( Tno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
) c4 c" {1 z$ M6 u—Stanley Kunitz

# z) P, ^0 w) G[ 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

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