Invictus

William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,

透过那覆盖着我的夜幕

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

黑暗如极岭处幽壑深不见底

I thank whatever gods may be,

无论如何我要感谢上苍 

For my unconquerable soul.

赐予我无畏不屈的魂魄 

In the fell clutch of circumstance,

在希望渺茫的境遇里 

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

我未曾退缩未曾哭喊

Under the bludgeonings of chance,

任凭命运百般作弄

My head is bloody,

我头破血流

But unbowed.

却仰首昂然

Beyond this place of wrath and tears,

此地之上愤怒与泪水满溢

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

恐怖阴影将我笼罩

And yet the menace of the years,

但即便岁月不停恐吓

Finds and shall find me unafraid.

亦将发现我毫无畏惧

It matters not how strait the gate,

无论这闸门是何等狭窄

How charged with punishments the scroll.

无论要承受多深重的责罚 

I am the master of my fate,

我是我命运的主宰

I am the captain of my soul.

我是我灵魂的统帅

I am Invictus.

我永不屈服