人物简介威廉·埃内斯特·亨利(Willaim Ernest Henley, 1849-1903)
维多利亚时代的英国人,自幼体弱多病,患有肺结核症,一只脚被截肢,
为了保住另一只脚,终身与病魔搏斗,不甘屈服于命运。
代表作品Invictus
By William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
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 yearsFinds
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
不可征服
夜幕中我独自彷徨,
无边的旷野一片幽鸣。
感谢万能的上苍,
赐给我倔强的心灵。
任凭恶浪冲破堤坝,
绝不畏缩,
绝不哭泣。
任凭命运百般作弄,
血可流,头不可低。
在这充满悲愤的土地,
恐怖幽灵步步已趋,
纵使阴霾常年聚集,
始终无法令我畏惧。
且不管旅途是否顺畅平稳,
不管承受多么深重的创伤,
我是我命运的主人,
我是我灵魂的船长。
"Invictus"是拉丁文,(=unconquerable)意为不可征服,此诗是诗人在病榻上所作。