Invictus
不可征服
William Ernest Henley · 威廉·欧内斯特·亨里
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
夜色将我覆盖,
黑如地底,从这极到那极,
我感谢无论哪位神明,
赐我不可征服的灵魂。
在命运凶险的掌控中,
我不曾退缩,也不曾哭喊。
在机遇的重锤之下,
我头破血流,却绝不低头。
越过这愤怒与泪水的尘世,
唯有死亡的阴影隐约可见,
但岁月的威胁
发现我,也永远发现我无所畏惧。
无论门径多么狭窄,
无论判卷上写满多少惩罚,
我是我命运的主宰,
我是我灵魂的船长。
亨利用它对抗病痛与残疾写下的绝唱。我是我命运的主宰——曼德拉在狱中靠它撑过二十七年。