1.《不要温和地走进那个良夜》《Do not go gentle into that good night》英国诗人狄兰·托马斯创作于20世纪中期的一首诗歌。该诗作于其父逝世前病危期间,诗中的第一节就表明了他认为老年人应有的生命态度,随后四节诗分述了四种不同的人的生命态度,最后一节诗人再次向父亲呼唤,“不要温和地走进那个良夜”。该诗表达了诗人对于死神将可爱的人们带离这个世界的愤怒,即“怒斥光明的消逝”。
原诗:Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage1, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked2 no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail3 deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved4 it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding5 sight
Blind eyes could blaze6 like meteors7 and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray8.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.