死亡也並非是所嚮披靡 And death shall have no dominion
詩人: 狄蘭·托馬斯 Dylan Thomas
死亡也並非是所嚮披靡，
西沉的月亮融為一體；
骨頭被剔淨，而幹淨的骨頭又消失，
他們的臂肘和腳底一定會有星星；
儘管他們發癡卻一定會清醒，
儘管他們沉落海底卻一定會重新升起；
儘管情人會失去，愛情卻永生；
死亡也井非是所嚮披靡。
死亡也並非是所嚮披靡，
久臥在大海的迂麯漩渦之下，
他們不會像捲麯的風兒一樣死去；
當筋骨鬆弛在刑架上掙紮，
雖受縛於車輪，卻一定不會屈服；
他們手中的信仰會被折斷，
獨角獸似的邪惡刺穿他們的身軀；
縱然粉身碎骨，他們一定不會屈服，
死亡也並非是所嚮披靡。
死亡也並非是所嚮披靡。
海鷗不會再在他們身畔啼鳴，
波濤也不會高聲拍打着堤岸；
曾經花枝招展的地方再也不會
另有鮮花昂首笑迎雨點的打擊；
儘管他們瘋狂，像硬瘤一般僵死，
一個個人物的頭顱在雛菊叢中嶄露；
在陽光中碎裂直到太陽崩裂，
死亡也並非是所嚮披靡。
And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion. |
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