【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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% p# `9 A* E' R) |I have walked through many websites,
some of them I like,
and some of them I do not like.
9 R2 d, Z' J7 j1 L+ j3 \. T: F, dOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
- ~( m: E( j; q9 r- A/ ZI go, I go
1 Q7 e. T6 H& \/ V3 ~+ a& V  Qexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
wherever I need to go,
! j* A$ X8 h' h  R! k4 Gand every post on the Edmontonchina Community
' u! C; X5 h) {/ |5 k) J0 RPrecious to me.
3 l( B, }' |2 uIn my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
8 W3 b) \" ^. p( `9 i3 ga nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
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Live in the layers
not on the litter.
5 Q, Q8 }' N! ~& l- _) eThough I lack the art
9 Y" q& f1 {; m. }to decipher it,
9 w" m0 ~. Y8 Z: P! _no doubt the next chaper
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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原文在此：
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( \* k( B- q& W$ v: l4 hThe Layers
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8 Z$ R0 j4 W0 X% b  ^7 U) h: D) rI have walked through many lives,
7 E& H3 S, Z% a- |0 G! Zsome of them my own,
2 Y' t' }; s9 Q; i( fand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
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" c/ W# B/ j5 Z  z+ [7 X7 G' x' xnot to stray.
When I look behind,
as I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
+ M* r+ |3 b2 S" a; h8 M% k% Xtoward the horizon
- S; H. v& \4 z$ ^5 B% g" p: Kand the slow fires trailing
! ]4 N$ c# G+ Q9 a3 ifrom the abandoned camp-sites,
! M7 N, a( J# y" V5 Sover which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
1 V# g, T7 e% _How shall the heart be reconciled
. K/ Y% s  H8 A: ?, {6 Uto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
the manic dust of my friends,
  O7 c( S( S7 @, B3 d) {" A' ^% Bthose who fell along the way,
. f) ]2 ?- C: R, |bitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
1 q9 Z7 H3 r' c8 |  zexulting somewhat,
9 q- A! J# w. A4 v8 S$ M" qwith my will intact to go
8 \, ^" Z; s) ?( s1 c  \: Wwhereever I need to go,
0 v, ^1 z) K  q/ j- n0 T& Aand every stone on the road
precious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
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Though I lack the art
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' P6 z1 }& Z& J7 P2 i  \' Cno doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
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I am not done with my changes.
7 J) V5 W7 V# q! Z1 S6 ^—Stanley Kunitz

; {2 X& A" ~6 Q( R" `5 J( L9 ~8 w' 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

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, i* M0 A$ v) h$ K1 l$ _# o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
/ m# H' ?3 J: {, k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