【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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& v4 |, m4 a+ s- B. i6 m    The layers

I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
+ [" R0 f8 I# \$ `2 Q4 L6 L4 s) m/ land some of them I do not like.
) Q; o: }2 @8 Q2 [Oh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
: n: ^; u- |! I$ d4 Mout of his true affections.
I go, I go
exulting somewhat,
0 F6 S) P! }" G2 Jwith my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
6 H* k+ K2 B' Z" D% ~and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
1 `5 i) a& |4 u# h' `- X( mPrecious to me.
8 v7 v" i; D! [6 ^In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
7 ^: F3 ]9 L# j6 n8 ?) Aand I roamed through websites,
a nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
5 B+ X$ n; O- j  {directed me:
/ P6 ^' O6 V& j7 N: gLive in the layers
not on the litter.
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
% T2 @) }8 f, h; Zno doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
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  S% Z. |' G! C- I1 C) [I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.

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0 l" A0 d4 L, i# K1 Z' Q: ?9 [The Layers

I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
+ A# h" L. V, y) ~+ u0 a' fthough some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
/ v5 c9 G" k' E( k7 R* z7 nnot to stray.
When I look behind,
/ E8 Y" ~) z. Fas I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
+ f$ \1 v9 |9 C* cto proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
toward the horizon
. Y5 E2 m6 N# Kand the slow fires trailing
from the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
# b4 U. J% b5 C. @$ T. |5 {wheel on heavy wings.
- ]$ X% r2 D% ?Oh, I have made myself a tribe
4 g0 v8 ?5 j$ Q. _( e. W% Uout of my true affections,
8 {. c8 T( L  ^9 T& {and my tribe is scattered!
- `) Z9 R  ]/ V9 V1 z8 q! Q  Q# ^  a9 _How shall the heart be reconciled
: ^. B) ^9 i2 V$ Jto its feast of losses?
4 B9 U) ?; F* M& n- f: F2 ]In a rising wind
$ l' w) ^8 }3 G( v* Rthe manic dust of my friends,
" l4 Q- N' |4 `% G) V; Othose who fell along the way,
bitterly stings my face.
- P7 k- N  c* g6 T3 Y/ J% ^7 \% V4 wYet I turn, I turn,
" H$ }  J$ P! f, }exulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
2 V, p1 b9 H1 Y) [. [# N- ]3 s) vprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
4 E* t2 _6 O. k8 ?- Y# V! [and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
2 u- k  }, T9 E8 U* u" [directed me:
7 k  v8 E, z6 |. x% D"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
; B3 p0 i6 |3 ZThough I lack the art
( t& u! o8 P2 H: p) n& ^# f7 g0 ]to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
9 d: E# I/ O& f0 A% x' B& F—Stanley Kunitz
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( K9 N; _- S- p[ 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
. z) N) A1 y5 _. h. t2 u9 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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1 `2 g8 i2 {6 i* a; S8 Q1 \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
' m3 t- P8 \7 m) g0 j) x/ L1 b; Q5 `: X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