When I am laid in earth

一些年紀大的病人常會說不希望長壽，希望快點逝去，回歸塵土，免去病痛煩勞；這似是感歎多些，年紀大形體衰敗，病痛纏身 的苦惱並不好受……

人們似並不怕死或永久失去意識、似是怕苦多些，但死常包含極大的痛苦與不確定性，所以自殺始終是小數，與有所謂 “安樂死” 的爭論。

求生應是生物終極的本性，意識的存在本身應該可以是一種樂趣……霍金 似是一個好例子……

Purcell -〈Dido and Aeneas〉"When I am laid in earth" / Malena Ernman

(Henry Purcell 1659-1695)
From the opera Dido and Aeneas

When I am laid, am laid in earth,
may my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in, in thy breast
When I am laid, am laid in earth,
may my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in, in thy breast
Remember me, remember me, but ah
Forget my fate
Remember me, but ah
Forget my fate
Remember me, remember me, but ah
Forget my fate
Remember me, but ah
Forget my fate