死亡也一定不会战胜

by 狄兰·托马斯　巫宁坤译　

死亡也一定不会战胜。
赤条条的死人一定会
和风中的人西天的月合为一体；
等他们的骨头被剔净而干净的骨头又消灭，
他们的臂肘和脚下一定会有星星；
他们虽然发狂却一定会清醒，
他们虽然沉沦沧海却一定会复生；
虽然情人会泯灭爱情却一定长存；
死亡也一定不会战胜。
　　
死亡也一定不会战胜。
在大海的曲折迂回下久卧
他们决不会象风一样消逝；
当筋疲骨松时在拉肢刑架上挣扎，
虽然绑在刑车上，他们却一定不会屈服；
信仰在他们手中一定会折断，
独角兽般的邪恶也一定会把他们刺穿；
纵使四分五裂他们也决不呻吟；
死亡也一定不会战胜。
　　
死亡也一定不会战胜。
海鸥不会再在他们耳边啼叫
波涛也不会再在海岸上喧哗冲击；
一朵花开处也不会再有
一朵花迎着风雨招展；
虽然他们又疯又僵死，
人物的头角将从雏菊中崭露；
在太阳中碎裂直到太阳崩溃，
死亡也一定不会战胜。

Dylan Thomas 原文:

And Death Shall Have No Dominion

by Dylan Thomas

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.