像许多正直而又饱受磨难的中国知识分子一样,穆旦没有见到他所“希望”的春天。1977年2月26日,他走向了生命的终结。这一年,他59岁(1918～1977)。二十多年过去了,尽管出现了不少对穆旦的评论,但穆旦的诗歌及一生历程却依然等待着新的解释。在这里,我想谈一谈他的晚年。我将穆旦的“晚年”大致上归结为1974年以后的 Like many honest and suffering Chinese intellectuals, Mu Dan did not see his “hope” of spring. February 26, 1977, he came to the end of life. This year, he was 59 years old (1918 ~ 1977). Twenty years have passed, and despite many comments on Mu Dan, Mu Dan’s poetry and his life course are still waiting for new explanations. Here, I want to talk about his old age. I generalize Mu Dan’s “old age” after 1974