【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,
7 o4 _/ @' Z/ Q' ^# |some of them I like,
8 s( q9 W7 T0 ]2 `and some of them I do not like.
/ N8 n8 I, }5 B. ^2 D' eOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
2 M; Q# v% q7 i- K5 h7 v- Mout of his true affections.
- q8 i5 c% `0 V' j9 g. @* k8 i' `I go, I go
. u/ ~% X( e% ^exulting somewhat,
4 P% u( Y1 e% s- y" v+ Wwith my will intact to go
/ A9 b7 [" a3 W0 n* Owherever I need to go,
5 i: F# a0 y3 H1 L6 m  Zand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
3 G: }) {/ I; X/ B' n; Jand I roamed through websites,
9 D  C: R5 c. T4 Aa nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
$ J: K" q5 P3 r  H! uLive in the layers
) p* _& u0 p0 F* W) rnot on the litter.
" d4 j& o& }& d$ A% [Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
$ }' }3 N/ a3 S; O7 Bin my book of transformations
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0 L7 x3 W' z3 t$ u; w- e2 w' mI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
9 m! C3 b/ c4 ?8 Yand I am not who I was,
7 b0 A' {6 K7 }though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
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I see the milestones dwindling
& N* v) e0 C( ]toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
0 R$ }! j3 W$ p3 g0 f" ~3 C0 l- wwheel on heavy wings.
, I& Q, C: e: i( aOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
+ |) U7 s- m0 aHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
4 u( l; I. I6 b# p5 F3 K) I" c, zIn a rising wind
the 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,
9 F8 R2 p" v* n% u& Oand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
% I* x+ a4 _; Awhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
- Q% o; z" K& P9 V5 \7 `8 _a nimbus-clouded voice
6 U7 ^9 _$ s+ M( X: U$ J9 tdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
+ s9 l4 w" Z9 CThough I lack the art
* _; ]) R3 S% O# Tto decipher it,
1 v0 G( z% p& q! ]' I. `. pno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
9 y4 z. D% l: UI am not done with my changes.
; J+ A" ^* |; N—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
$ v; a0 T9 \9 F1 E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
: m! |" G# r, M' d* r* |) Z: |* E谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

" |1 ~' p4 J/ O# i& 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