【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。
8 I/ F( t" ]/ v, A- R; Q" 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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    The layers
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& n1 @% F* h6 R  m( f4 T9 MI have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
0 F) y/ G0 C$ rOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
& ?* d  Z- g- I, W0 V; r2 o% x4 {1 xout of his true affections.
' E9 b) M5 y2 }I go, I go
4 J# g$ h+ w( x. h& A4 Eexulting somewhat,
( s. T1 k7 V5 h4 |- ~: s8 fwith my will intact to go
3 k4 `6 m: x  P/ X$ J+ B, ewherever I need to go,
7 N5 J! u& X, Dand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
2 H0 F7 L9 e8 W- Y/ xIn my darkest night,
, j4 w9 Q% _. w5 i8 {* B) W; ywhen the moon was covered
$ |! X. p9 }( I$ p# Tand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
& `/ g$ G, S' B/ Jdirected me:
Live in the layers
not on the litter.
  A1 T: }8 g, w  v! oThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
$ U) T; o  G# ]0 {% {, S5 bno doubt the next chaper
! W8 A3 R* X. g0 ^: x, cin my book of transformations
is already written.
$ p% R$ b( w! U& R+ BI love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

/ V* I- `4 }! ?# D: |! a原文在此：

The Layers
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I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
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though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
& o! L; J  M. k, [- gWhen I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
" e' t1 X& w  ]I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
+ n' h* q8 U! M3 L8 X/ R, tand the slow fires trailing
8 p) ?7 N9 }" k" q9 z; ffrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
) ~7 z1 g" z8 u9 M# o7 {wheel on heavy wings.
1 y/ D+ u6 z7 \: H1 BOh, I have made myself a tribe
: }, K# S" H  y8 w* C8 K3 Eout of my true affections,
" W0 b/ }3 S) D6 j8 W' Sand my tribe is scattered!
How shall the heart be reconciled
" i8 t1 B* k8 A3 |to its feast of losses?
2 D6 i* o$ z& ]" d. XIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
4 ?' N& j# Y) W0 _! Vthose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
9 \2 I5 x. ~$ |/ [Yet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
8 i7 X5 b* }' ]1 s& [3 M: Gand I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
. w% `4 |% c5 _2 |  a"Live in the layers,
0 W, Z9 W0 L' j  R8 x) w- s/ qnot on the litter."
3 l) v- _6 d' `2 ?9 s' e! I: PThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
* ?" v9 H; K! r2 I6 nI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz

& X6 P' D' B: S7 `[ 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
$ C& ^# f- b5 A- E: W! I6 i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
  p: o: U- ?, U6 T+ ?( n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