诗苑｜狄兰·托马斯《而死亡也一统不了天下》

And Death Shall Have No Dominion

而死亡也一统不了天下

By Dylan Thomas

文/狄兰·托马斯

译/海岸

And death shall have no dominion.Dead man naked they shall be oneWith 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.而死亡也一统不了天下。赤裸的死者一定会与风中的人西天的月融为一体；他们的骨头被剔净，白骨又消逝，肘旁和脚下一定会有星星；尽管发了疯，他们一定会清醒，尽管沉落沧海，他们一定会再次升起；尽管恋人会失去，爱却长存；而死亡也一统不了天下。
And death shall have no dominion.Under the windings of the seaThey 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.而死亡也一统不了天下。久卧在大海的旋涡之下，他们决不会像风一样消逝；即便在刑架上挣扎得筋疲力尽，受缚于刑车之上，他们却一定不会碎裂；信仰会在他们的手中折断，独角兽的邪恶也一定会刺穿他们；即便四分五裂，他们却不会崩溃；而死亡也一统不了天下。
And death shall have no dominion.No more may gulls cry at their earsOr waves break loud on the seashores;Where blew a flower may a flower no moreLift 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.而死亡也一统不了天下。海鸥不会再在他们耳边啼叫，波涛也不会再汹涌地拍打海岸；花开花落之处也许不会再有花朵迎着风雨而昂首挺立；尽管他们发疯，钉子般僵死，颇具个性的头颅却会从雏菊丛中崭露；在阳光下碎裂，直到太阳陨落，而死亡也一统不了天下。
注：诗人笔记本上标明这首诗写于1933年4月，1933年5月18日经修订发表于《新英格兰周刊》。诗题出自于圣经《新约·罗马书》，指人若信仰基督，肉体死，但灵魂永生。

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