【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。
( Q! A; l! V; C# Z% }, g0 G4 W  `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

6 U8 R  k9 k7 b2 s! ?I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
2 c4 g0 o/ y3 a. q2 K) K: z. nand some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
" J0 |+ t2 _+ I' ~9 r9 R5 E1 swherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
$ [* m  v+ u0 \% y4 G5 p- }Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
8 H9 W. ^# B. X) R$ p9 ]and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
& `) v, E& R  _: g3 mLive in the layers
: G9 a0 ~- ]% p) Wnot on the litter.
! }" K5 G! S6 u! e7 L$ WThough I lack the art
; ?. N3 F. t* t+ e1 }  }to decipher it,
- R, x+ A8 a4 e; Tno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
' |! e0 W: W: F+ K% ]% Kis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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; |( J- r; [0 U1 L1 U& b' g% z( m原文在此：

! f# o- j) s8 VThe Layers

, ~( V9 c0 m' g/ ^, C8 j/ p2 {I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
" Z2 X% h6 N' `- Y! Mthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
" v( h/ P; Y! u- Nas I am compelled to look
6 Q3 S9 v5 r7 z; @# ^8 A8 Abefore I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
/ b; {! h! j! lI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
  @1 S4 G  x  q# P5 Aand the slow fires trailing
5 r" B; y; M3 a" w* Q" t: ]from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
; o8 j( @- s; V: ?) ewheel on heavy wings.
' D. l& r' v4 F# a+ O# eOh, I have made myself a tribe
! H8 _* o0 \1 j; Jout of my true affections,
3 A# O; F2 ~& a7 dand my tribe is scattered!
/ b2 j0 w- c- ZHow shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
& A! w4 a; [, i' U( ]In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
) u$ J1 B6 J, |# r" S# j$ Uthose who fell along the way,
" M3 D0 V4 w/ W) V5 Lbitterly stings my face.
6 b. O$ R# ~7 o( Y9 FYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
! d% C- g/ w  twith my will intact to go
! K8 Z7 E% p1 m# P7 \+ s' g$ H, k; [whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
. D, j$ _: P$ m# q8 B0 z1 Tand I roamed through wreckage,
! [/ g& i" H  @9 f7 Ya nimbus-clouded voice
7 e( @; L' F- C/ I# \% V8 n  bdirected me:
"Live in the layers,
, |9 J8 M7 q# x, V/ L  @: Fnot on the litter."
! C* L/ u3 P( Y& n4 P, bThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
' l7 g) k6 J1 G8 s3 _' O8 mno doubt the next chapter
' F3 M5 s3 S8 Z& Q! @  `  l0 sin my book of transformations
is already written.
5 H' ]/ e2 U/ n+ CI am not done with my changes.
5 n* G0 n& r; V* R6 K- X—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
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
" U% [7 A7 u4 M. @谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

: u' Y( B9 Q' H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