不要温和地走进那良夜》这是是托马斯·狄兰的诗歌，为献给他的父亲而作。他是一位天才般的诗人，有着传奇的人生经历。他出生在基督教家庭，父亲是英语文学教授。“良宵”的意思既是一种基督教式的表达也是一种“死亡”的委婉说法。整首诗是在讲述，不要平静迎接死亡，虽然死亡是必然，但是老年人应该热情地与死亡作斗争，抵抗即将到来的死亡黑暗。
原文如下，读来这首诗的韵律非常美：
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.
不要温顺地走进那个良宵，
老年在日暮之时应当燃烧与咆哮；
怒斥，怒斥光明的消亡。
虽然智者临终时悟得黑暗公道，
但因所立之言已迸不出丝毫电光，
不要温顺地走进那个良宵。
善良的人，翻腾最后一浪，高呼着辉煌，
他们脆弱的善行本该在绿色的港湾跳荡，
怒斥，怒斥光明的消亡。
狂野的人，抓住并诵唱飞翔的太阳，
尽管为时已晚，却明了途中的哀伤，
不要温顺地走进那个良宵。
肃穆的人，濒临死亡，透过刺目的视线，
失明的双眸可像流星一样欢欣闪耀，
怒斥，怒斥光明的消亡。
而您，我的父亲，在这悲恸之巅，
此刻我祈求您，用热泪诅咒我，祝福我。
不要温顺地走进那个良宵。
怒斥，怒斥光明的消亡。
