【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。
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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/ x, c- o! C# Z+ `I have walked through many websites,
# X$ b2 v5 m% }: x. _9 _some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
! X* [% g! z' Z0 e5 o$ q8 K# EOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
+ ?4 I  p0 a" V7 pout of his true affections.
; n# n  ]+ w' W$ w; `I go, I go
( P" H: k/ I# X( J+ E; vexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
- T, ^; W5 J( R! y0 p; q: ^wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
Precious to me.
In my darkest night,
" @8 o9 \$ A& {. `9 R% a4 Twhen the moon was covered
* `6 n% T: y0 Qand I roamed through websites,
1 D! u9 q; Q: K$ A7 M- l6 ya nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
9 ~& @9 Q' t+ oLive in the layers
not on the litter.
6 g0 M6 g( o- B, R% t$ d  pThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
1 u  q  `$ S: P3 r9 v: P7 }) Oin my book of transformations
' H4 o# k) c8 i4 \0 Vis already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：

- k/ f6 c; S/ f1 _6 j. {The Layers
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8 D( @1 t* w: D) D! o/ rI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
# T1 h6 g( `5 \; Ythough some principle of being
$ E! v# H/ N$ [/ x# N6 Oabides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
When I look behind,
  l( O  p( \; `as I am compelled to look
" d$ B) Z( \' dbefore I can gather strength
% w* @3 V0 ~  W0 M- \( C( H, D6 y1 Dto proceed on my journey,
  L* h$ E! a& N- x! X9 uI see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
  g2 L$ ~7 j0 y0 z" nover which scavenger angels
" y% l* x8 r) ]5 _wheel on heavy wings.
1 j" E4 J1 \* N: tOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
1 l: a  e- @$ H5 w3 k$ wand my tribe is scattered!
1 \! N( f" q6 ]; X7 u  T1 K5 dHow shall the heart be reconciled
- r3 Z: e- n! r) o, [to its feast of losses?
! f9 S# K$ l$ e" G! x8 s, q0 j2 kIn a rising wind
- l" ~1 G! D3 }5 j+ e5 tthe manic dust of my friends,
% `2 v6 N8 k. m5 |7 [6 k2 ~those who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
/ A" e1 y" j. {' w% R8 rYet I turn, I turn,
exulting somewhat,
3 O- Q: Z" a5 T* x2 h# b9 p8 twith my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
) c5 y  w/ i) c1 e, p6 c; y' n2 r3 {and every stone on the road
2 f' Y9 f8 X$ J! R8 R; Nprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
) O' X& j( x. Y7 i0 J8 W1 ?* Mwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
: _4 g2 `) g& H; ?0 i% z7 nThough I lack the art
to decipher it,
4 X( T6 w( o9 vno doubt the next chapter
% M* n! M, B2 S) gin my book of transformations
is already written.
: A9 P/ t! b. dI am not done with my changes.
—Stanley Kunitz
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: h. R! n" i( K+ 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

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
. c% x2 H4 I1 y* Z) J谢谢版主，能给点花鼓励鼓励吗

1 J' R) e8 Q  \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