藍鈞天

Invictus



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.

夜幕低垂將我籠罩，
兩極猶如漆黑地窖，
我感謝未知的上帝，
賦予我不敗的心靈。

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

即使環境險惡危急，
我不會退縮或哭嚎，
立於時機的脅迫下，
血流滿面我不屈服。

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.

縱然通道無比險狹，
儘管嚴懲綿延不盡，
我是我命運的主宰，
我是我靈魂的統帥。

(William Ernest Henley, Invictus)