And when we fell together, all our flesh was like a veil
That I had to draw aside to see the serpent eat its tail.
Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain,
So I hang upon my altar, and I hoist my axe again.
And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began,
When Jesus was the honeymoon, and Cain was just a man.
And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood and skin,
That the wilderness is gathering all its children back again.
—Leonard Cohen, "Last Year's Man"
当你我共沐爱河,肉身就如一道翳障,
只有掀开它的阻挡,永恒才能得现真章。
有的女人静候耶稣,有的女人渴盼该隐,
我坚守在我的祭坛,又将斧头高高举扬。
耶稣方在腹中成型,该隐尚是一介凡夫,
我接纳了寻我之人,共赴最初乐园时光。
阅读肉体中欢愉的圣经,我等当可得知,
荒野终要卷土重来,将它的子孙再聚一堂。
——莱昂纳德·科恩 《去年故人》
没有哪个恐怖夜谈能像德古拉的传说那样寒彻骨髓。我们所能想到的一切邪恶、悖德与恐怖的诱惑,全都潜藏在他帝王般的风仪和露齿的微笑之后。有些人认为吸血鬼德古拉只存在于稗官野史中。鲜有人了解他曾是一位真实存在过的君王,一位在十字军东征年代里曾统治着特兰西瓦尼亚,终结过成千上万性命的君王。更鲜有人知晓他依然存在,比起在生之时,他以不死之身掌控着更庞大的力量。