Do Not Go Gentle into That Good NightDylan

Thomas(1914—1953),英國著名詩人、作家。這位才華橫溢的詩人死于飲酒過量,去世時年僅39歲。他的創作靈感大多來自其故鄉南威爾士美輪美奐的風景,而其詩作大體屬于超現實主義流派,圍繞生、欲和死這三大主題,詩風粗獷而熱烈。另外,托馬斯很注重詩句的押韻,其詩以善于朗誦而聞名。本期收錄的該詩的音頻就由其本人朗誦。Dylan Thomas著有18 Poems(《詩十八首》)、The Map of Love(《愛情的地圖》)和Deaths and Entrances(《死亡與出路》)等詩集。Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night是Dylan Thomas的代表作之一。盡管這位詩人不長命,英年早逝,但我們仍可以從此詩中感受到詩人面對“暮年”表現出的大無畏精神。其實,誰不怕老去,誰不畏懼生命的終止?然而誰又能阻止歲月匆匆的腳步?生命的意義并不在于其“長度”,而在于其“寬度”,當詩人用激昂的言語勉勵他那無助而“溫順”的父親,勉勵每一位老去的人以及每一位終將老去的年輕人“暮年仍應燃燒咆哮”,“失明的眼可以像流星般閃耀,歡欣雀躍”時,你是否也對“流年”多了一分領悟?

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and 1)rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.不要溫和地走進那個良夜,

白晝將盡,暮年仍應燃燒咆哮;

怒斥吧,怒斥光的消逝。

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had 2)forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.雖然在白晝盡頭,智者自知該踏上夜途,

因為言語未曾迸發出電光,他們

不要溫和地走進那個良夜。

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.好人,當最后一浪過去,高呼著他們脆弱的善行

本來也許可以在綠灣上快意地舞蹈,

所以,他們怒斥,怒斥光的消逝。

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

狂人抓住稍縱即逝的陽光,為之歌唱,

并意識到,太遲了,他們過去總為時光傷逝,

不要溫和地走進那個良夜。

3)Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like 4)meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

嚴肅的人,在生命盡頭,用模糊的雙眼看到

失明的眼可以像流星般閃耀,歡欣雀躍,

所以,他們怒斥,怒斥光的消逝。

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

而您,我的父親,在生命那悲哀之極,

我求您現在用您的熱淚詛咒我,祝福我吧

不要溫和地走進那個良夜。

怒斥吧,怒斥光的消逝。