Don't Walk Gently into that Beautiful Night is a poem written by dylan thomas, an English poet in the mid-20th century. This poem was written in a critical period before his father died. The first section of the poem shows his attitude towards life that the elderly should have. The next four parts describe four different attitudes towards life. In the last verse, the poet called to his father again, "Don't walk into that beautiful night gently." The poem expresses the poet's anger that death has taken lovely people away from this world, that is, "angrily denouncing the disappearance of light."
original work
Don't walk into that beautiful night gently.
Don't walk into that beautiful night gently,
Old age should burn and revel at the end of the day;
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Although the wise finally know that darkness is right,
Because there is no forked lightning in their words
Don't walk into that beautiful night gently.
Good man, how brilliant you cried after the last wave.
Their fragile behavior may dance in the green bay,
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Savages capture and sing the sun in flight,
I realized that it was too late, and they were sad on the road.
Don't walk into that beautiful night gently.
The people in the grave, dying, see things in a blur.
Blind eyes can shine and be happy like meteors.
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
And you, my father, are on the heights of sadness,
Curse, please bless me with your tears, I pray.
Don't walk into that beautiful night gently.
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Sentence annotation
1.rage: v. (Emotion) becomes stronger.
2. Fork (fingers); bifurcate
Fragile; Fragile; faint
4. Sadness: V. Feeling sad; broken-hearted
5. Blindness: abrupt; Obviously.
6. Shine: v. Shine; Acute irradiation
Meteor: A meteor (entering the atmosphere)
8. Prayer: v. Hope; entreat
Chinese translation
The first edition (translated by Wu Ningkun)
Don't walk gently into that beautiful night,
Old age should burn and roar at sunset;
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Although the wise man knew that darkness was right when he died,
Because their words said that there was no lightning, they
And I didn't walk into that beautiful night gently.
Good people, when the last wave passed, shouted out their fragile kindness.
Maybe I danced in the green bay,
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Violent people capture and sing the soaring sun,
Yes, but it's too late. They make the sun sad on the road.
And I didn't walk into that beautiful night gently.
Serious people, close to death, look with dazzling eyes.
Blind eyes can shine and be happy like meteors,
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
You, my father. At that sad height.
Now the judge cursed me with your tears. Bless me. I beg you.
Don't walk quietly into that beautiful night.
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Second edition (translated by Dai Jue)
Don't walk gently into that beautiful night,
Old people should burn and shout at sunset;
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Although clever and inviting people to know the dark truth after death,
Because their words didn't shoot lightning,
They didn't walk quietly into this beautiful night.
Excellent people shout out their fragile achievements when the last wave passes.
You could have danced in the green bay,
Also annoyed, annoyed by the fading of light.
Savages meet and sing about the flight of the sun,
Realizing it was too late, they let it lament on the road.
They didn't walk quietly into that beautiful night.
Sober people use dazzling eyes when they die.
Seeing that blind people can shine and be happy like meteors,
Also annoyed, annoyed by the fading of light.
And you, my father, are in great sorrow,
Please curse and bless me with your tears, I pray.
Don't walk gently into that beautiful night,
Anger, anger at the disappearance of light.
Third edition (translated by Tu An)
Don't just walk in and want to have a good sleep.
At the end of the day, the old man wants to burn and shout;
It's time to denounce the gradual disappearance of light.
Wise men know darkness when they die,
Because their words didn't flash like lightning in generate,
They didn't walk into the beautiful night gently either. Reputation is a basket reminder.
The last wave has passed, and good people-speak out about their cause.
Although fragile, I could have danced in Green Bay-
They shouted at the light.
The fortress environment of crazy people-catching and singing the leap of the sun,
Yes (it's too late! ) They let the sun lament halfway-
They didn't walk quietly into the beautiful night.
A serious person-died of blindness
Glad to see that blind people can shine like meteors-
They also angered, angered the rest of the light.
And you, father, are sad on high,
Please curse me with tears, bless me and pray.
Don't walk quietly into that beautiful night.
It's time to denounce the light.
The fourth edition (translated by Lu)
Don't meekly walk into the long night's rest,
Old people also need to shine at sunset;
Ho, ho, even if the fire of life is about to go out
Although the words of the wise are not as powerful as thunder and lightning,
Although we know that darkness is an unchangeable law,
They will not meekly walk into the long night's rest.
The green bay is dancing,
The call of the good man in the last spray is clearer,
Ho, ho, even if the fire of life is about to go out
It's too late, crazy people make the sun suffer,
Catch the flying sun and sing a hymn.
They will not meekly walk into the long night's rest.
In severe cases, people are on the verge of death and gradually become blind.
Blind eyes are like meteors, flashing with joy,
Ho, ho, even if the fire of life is about to go out
I want you to either pray or curse that tears burn like fire,
Father, at this saddest moment.
Don't meekly walk into the long night's rest.
Ho, ho, even if the fire of life is about to go out
Creation background
Don't Walk Gently into that Night, a poem written in the mid-20th century, was written by dylan thomas to his father. At that time, his father was dying, had given up the hope of living and was ready to leave this world quietly. The poet wrote this poem in the hope of arousing his father's fighting spirit to overcome death and not giving up any hope of living.
works appreciation
theme
The theme of life and death runs through dylan thomas's poetry creation. In this poem, facing the dying father, death is given a new personal meaning. This poem shows the different ways that old people face death. No matter the wise, the good, the crazy and the serious, they will not passively accept death when they are close to death, but strive for life with a positive attitude. The poet admits that death is inevitable, and he defines death as "good night", which shows his attitude towards his later years. But he encouraged everyone to fight death, not only for themselves, but also for their loved ones. The "tenderness" in the title of the poem expresses the attitude of being content with the status quo and resigned to fate, which the poet clearly denies. The first verse in the poem shows his attitude towards life that the elderly should have. "Roar, roar, even if the fire of life is about to go out" is Dylan's famous sentence, which contains a roaring call and enthusiasm that inspires people to forge ahead. The next four poems describe four different attitudes towards life. It is worth noting that images such as "thunder and lightning", "bay", "sun" and "meteor" have appeared in the lives of these four people. These powerful images strengthen the value of life and make people miss life more. In the last section, the poet once again called to his father, "Don't walk into that beautiful night gently". Dylan started from the concrete feeling experience and rose to the universal and eternal grand realm, which made poetry gain a wider meaning.
Artistic feature
Formally, this poem adopts the style of pastoral poetry. Pastoral poetry is originally a kind of relaxed and lively lyric poetry used to describe rural life, which is generally not suitable for writing serious themes. However, Thomas reformed the rhythm of the original poem to make it powerful, and with the help of language symbols, he successfully expressed the theme of death and conveyed the poet's uncontrollable anger.
Brief introduction of the author
Dylan Marles Thomas (19 14- 1953), an Anglo-Welsh poet in the 20th century, was born in Swansea, South Wales, England. Poetry revolves around three themes: life, desire and death. The poetic style is rough and warm, and the rhyme is full of vitality without losing rigor. Its wanton and dense images collide and restrict each other, showing the growth of nature and the rhythm of human nature. He is the author of Notebook Poems (1930- 1934), Eighteen Poems (1934), Twenty-five Poems (1936) and Love Map (Poems,/kloc-