也许我告别,将不再回来。你是否理解你是否明白?
也许我倒下,将不再起来。你是否还要永久的期待?
如果是这样,你不要悲哀。共和国的旗帜上有我们血染的风采。
也许我的眼睛再不能睁开,你是否理解我沉默的情怀?
也许我长眠再不能醒来,你是否相信我化作了山脉?
如果是这样,你不要悲哀。共和国的土壤里有我们付出的爱。
说句可能会被人打死的话-DS9的大结局那两个小时里,Damar和Garak率众突袭敌方总部,让我想起的就是这首歌。共和国三个字改成卡达西亚四个,完全符合。事实上Damar最后也在枪林弹雨里倒下了,死在Garak怀里。而Garak算是踏过他的尸体接着领导战斗,最后只剩下三个人也灭掉了自治同盟总部,和联邦一起解放了他的卡达西亚。
我和格子说过,我怨念Julian,是因为战争白热化之际,这边Garak他们在敌人眼皮子底下生死一线间差点被枪毙了不知道多少次。那边Julian却在星站上有闲心泡妞(还来了个第二天早上……虽然那小身板儿娘得不是一般地悲剧)。就算我目前对于Ezri的印象好了些(因为Afterimage这一集,大概),但这也不能改变在天崩地裂的时候,站在Garak身边的不是Julian却是Damar这一事实。
当然这是不公平的。Julian是医生,不能像老牌自由斗士Kira那样和Garak一起走。何况在最后一战,Julian也和所有人一样出生入死,面对了几乎是不可能被战胜的敌人。
只是,就像他们之间的最后一幕表明的那样,Julian终究不是卡达西人,无法完全理解Garak对于他母星的情怀。
Julian: 800 million dead…
Garak: The casualty reports, of course, are still coming in. Well, aren’t you going to congratulate me, Doctor? My exile is now officially over. I’ve returned home, or rather, what’s left of it.
Julian: Yes, I…I…know that this must seem…
Garak: You know, some may say that we've gotten just what we deserved. After all, we're not entirely innocent, are we? And I'm not just speaking of the Bajoran occupation. No, our whole history is one of arrogant aggression. We've collaborated with the Dominion, betrayed the entire Alpha Quadrant... Oh, oh, no no, there's no doubt about it - we're guilty as charged.
Julian: You and I both know that the Cardassians are a strong people. They'll survive. Cardassia will survive.
Garak: Oh please, Doctor. Spare me your insufferable Federation optimism. Of course it will survive, but not as the Cardassia I knew. We had a rich and ancient culture; our literature, our music, art was second to none. But now so much of it is lost. So many of our best people, our most gifted minds…
Julian: I'm sorry, Garak. I didn't mean...
Garak: Oh, it's quite all right, Doctor. You've been such a good friend. I'm going to miss our lunches together.
Julian: I'm sure we'll see each other again.
Garak: I'd like to think so, but one can never say. We live in uncertain times.