文/Leonard Cohen（里奥纳德·科恩）
珠峰盐译
And who by fire, who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of May
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling?
到底谁会被火烧，谁会被水淹
谁死于白天，谁死于黑夜
谁死前受难，谁死于寻常
谁死在欢快的五月
谁会慢慢地腐烂
我想问到底谁在主宰
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
And who by avalanche, who by powder
Who for his greed, who for his hunger
And who shall I say is calling?
到底谁死时穿着孤独的衬裙，谁服了安眠药
谁死在爱的环绕下，谁会被钝器折磨
谁死于雪崩，谁死于粉末
谁因贪婪，谁因饥饿
我想问到底谁在主宰
And who by brave assent, who by accident
Who in solitude, who in this mirror
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand
Who in mortal chains, who in power
And who shall I say is calling?
And who shall I say is calling?
到底谁死于英勇，谁死于非命
谁死于孤独，谁死于幻镜
谁被他人驱使，谁是自己的选择
哪个被束缚的凡人，哪个当权者
我想问到底谁在主宰
我想问到底谁在主宰
And who by fire who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of May
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling?
And who shall I say is calling?
到底谁会被火烧，谁会被水淹
谁死于白天，谁死于黑夜
谁死前受难，谁死于寻常
谁死在欢快的五月
谁会慢慢地腐烂
我想问到底谁在主宰
我想问到底谁在主宰
背景
今天是犹太教的赎罪日（Yom Kippur），我本人其实没有宗教信仰，至少现在没有，有点儿倾向于佛系吧。流疫期间为了阻止一位独居的长者亲身去犹太会堂祈祷，我们决定十几个人陪她一起通过视频祈祷。
在犹太教赎罪日，信徒要唱希伯来语的Unetanneh Tokef，这个祷告大意是上帝在赎罪日会审查生死薄，来决定明年谁生谁死。在这一天，信徒会禁食祈祷，希望赎回过去一年里所犯的过错。
"Unetanneh Tokef"有很多不同的版本，我先听了里奥纳德·科恩（Leonard Cohen）的《谁会被火烧》，是他老年时录制的版本，马上被深深地吸引和震撼了。他的这一版本最初是1974年发表的，歌词里的“And who shall I say is calling?”是他对这个教义的质疑。他的这一版本比较现代，内容也与时共进，比如提及毒品、安眠药等等，他的诗意比较暗，更侧重于如何死。
我在网上查看这首歌（诗）的中文翻译时，发现可能因为译者不懂得这首歌的渊源，几个版本️翻译得都有点儿不着边际，所以忍不住也翻译了一下。
