The Poem from Interstellar: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Eng)

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.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas

[farizdanialz]

The lines are actually taken from the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in 1951.
He wrote this poem for his dying father. The poem asserts that old men at the ends of their lives should resist death as strongly as they can. In fact, they should only leave this world kicking and screaming, furious that they have to die at all.

The same is the scenario in the movie. The earth is about to come to an end and Dr. Brand uses these lines to motivate the scientists alongside him to fight for survival. Although the end is inevitable, do what it takes to delay it.

[mamiethomas]

I love this poem, it's beautiful. I haven't stopped thinking about it since I have seen the movie.

[edgyjeans]

They couldn't of chosen a better poem to match the intensity that this film was bestowing upon its viewers.... Brava!! Brava!!

[NightWanderer]

How in hell could Lawrence Krauss call this movie "one of the worst movies of all time" and the science in it "miserable"... is beyond me.

[gadilpaul]

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.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.