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;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail 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 grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors 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 pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail 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 grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors 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 pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And, who the hell is Dylan Thomas?
'Si hay que hablar de figuras poéticas que reverdecieron la literatura inglesa de la primera mitad del siglo XX, hay que remitirse obligadamente a la figura de Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). Famoso por ser un bohemio y un borracho redomado, famoso también por su voz cautivante, con un curioso acento galés, que atraía, cual cantante juvenil, a cientos de personas a sus recitales poéticos, o a pegarse al receptor cuando hablaba en la BBC. Fue conocido como "el maudit", "el gran maldito" o "el último maldito" (lugar común o apodo que reciben automáticamente todos los poetas borrachos, noctámbulos, disipados o indiscutidamente geniales). Un maldito que lleva medio siglo muerto, pero con una poesía que no quiere morir.'
Do not go gentle into that good night forma parte del primer libros de poesía de Thomas, 18 Poems, que publicó cuando contaba con nada más 18 años de edad, en 1934.
Do not go gentle into that good night forma parte del primer libros de poesía de Thomas, 18 Poems, que publicó cuando contaba con nada más 18 años de edad, en 1934.
( Y ya que estamos, podemos contar que Bob Dylan, cuyo verdadero nombre es Robert Zimmerman, adoptó su apellido en homenaje a Dylan Thomas )
