【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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0 q& b( R5 M' k/ HI have walked through many websites,
: V! k; `  s, P/ ?$ d& ?; lsome of them I like,
/ s: g9 U5 s2 a3 q2 i8 t: [and some of them I do not like.
% l5 S' j) _9 ^. GOh, Lao Yang have made a tribe
out of his true affections.
7 C4 x) T0 i' h. V0 O7 ]. pI go, I go
exulting somewhat,
6 O1 t% C- l7 G, f4 K8 Twith my will intact to go
  m6 Y1 u$ a8 c! C/ M9 \wherever I need to go,
and every post on the Edmontonchina Community
4 m3 J8 c) E$ l) X2 M9 Y+ IPrecious to me.
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through websites,
! a1 m5 p% D8 ba nimbus-clouded Lao Yang’ voice
directed me:
( e7 w2 K/ V" H6 ?Live in the layers
. Y& x8 L. D2 dnot on the litter.
Though I lack the art
- A( B7 w# ]  d/ [1 Z$ x; }to decipher it,
no doubt the next chaper
3 q: ?/ N/ c+ F- h0 Kin my book of transformations
is already written.
I love to live with Edmontonchina Community.
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6 m- T  }  v: Y1 `/ ~  u8 R原文在此：

2 e, g2 l( l, N. _The Layers

* t  y$ D7 C9 O; ~- _, sI have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
- L% ]( `- P) Q2 Q. Z( Wand I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
/ ^. m  P$ j( v, b2 T" tabides, from which I struggle
6 A1 s, D. f! u5 d+ |. F8 l) T% Qnot to stray.
. f6 S# z- o9 l2 xWhen I look behind,
9 y' e% T7 g7 ~5 |' ?9 |+ g) s' das I am compelled to look
before I can gather strength
to proceed on my journey,
I see the milestones dwindling
6 n. h! s/ [8 H) btoward the horizon
and the slow fires trailing
) Z: a7 C/ {6 Y) P, Wfrom the abandoned camp-sites,
over which scavenger angels
wheel on heavy wings.
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
: `! ]4 w9 R6 @3 Q" X/ oout of my true affections,
0 G$ v# N% r) Q9 J# o) j/ i' tand my tribe is scattered!
2 N7 Q4 L/ |! t, X) I. YHow shall the heart be reconciled
+ H$ r! Z; h/ z! l* b( Dto its feast of losses?
In a rising wind
- h' f) i7 O2 I+ p% bthe manic dust of my friends,
those who fell along the way,
, E9 ~" h$ ^* t( M+ G8 Z/ fbitterly stings my face.
Yet I turn, I turn,
  B/ U! ~8 o  m7 ]& mexulting somewhat,
with my will intact to go
whereever I need to go,
and every stone on the road
+ r* d& y+ W5 Eprecious to me.
In my darkest night,
# t+ [# h) Q" F% ~- xwhen the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
4 O% N9 _+ t$ \. s7 P+ Ma nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
" C8 y( M" U3 Y. E7 m  g: `"Live in the layers,
+ x5 E( l, d/ {: {. cnot on the litter."
Though I lack the art
/ h$ z% a" [! A* Q+ Ato decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
4 o( s* c. _+ C* v) m. r; E* B( His 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

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
! ^+ S* l: Z& f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