【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。
! i. s( m  `( S: L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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! d8 j0 v- y& z% ~  ?    The layers
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I have walked through many websites,
; D& U* l4 F/ ^# g# Q$ psome of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
( j* c5 q0 i' @) J. D! rout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
& j/ \, m0 e: [# j0 v  vand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
1 I$ W& |, X' X' I( B' p" C  A( QIn my darkest night,
; P- R% i2 N9 Xwhen the moon was covered
8 q" E; V" x% J0 A6 |7 X/ \and I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
. Q7 [, u! |3 O. ]7 kLive in the layers
3 \/ H8 v; a8 G( _% I9 v1 Anot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
7 Y" |  q9 e$ c' Z6 w: a0 }in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

原文在此：

The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
5 q: S4 c1 e7 Z9 k, J. Q3 Y; ~1 E6 Othough some principle of being
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not to stray.
8 n( G: b" j$ L5 M. R0 m0 K. AWhen I look behind,
% Y7 P9 m3 c3 Ras I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
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) r, M" c4 L  n$ I% P- Wand the slow fires trailing
! N7 O2 U- q7 `+ hfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
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Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
2 r7 D4 E  Y! `. W$ m0 [How shall the heart be reconciled
to its feast of losses?
  @  o2 Z; d% x1 dIn a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
; V' Y6 X" X5 B! G" r# v. Wthose 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,
and every stone on the road
precious to me.
( n3 c: i' m# x) ]5 nIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
& @" q9 A; U' q. B+ R4 h& {: N. Ha nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
9 T6 h6 w' K( t: V/ `"Live in the layers,
6 }+ a  |5 O5 hnot on the litter."
; D# L4 b' y# a/ V& DThough I lack the art
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no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
9 _: L2 s/ ]& _. \" n: |is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
—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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6 _9 b7 U$ L. E6 g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
$ F) l* W1 d. K3 P% l. {" m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