By William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me

透过覆盖我的夜色

Black as the pit from pole to pole

我看见黑暗层层叠叠

I thank whatever gods may be

我感谢上天赐予我

For my unconquerable soul

不可征服的灵魂

In the fell clutch of circumstance

就算被地狱紧紧拽住

I have not winced nor cried aloud

我也从未退避哀求

Under the bludgeonings of chance

遭受命运的重重打击

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

我满头鲜血，却头颅昂起

Beyond this place of wrath and tear

在愤怒和悲伤的尘世外

Looms but the Horror of the shade

耸立的不过是恐怖的影子

And yet the menace of the years

面对未来的威胁

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid

我无所畏惧

It matters not how strait the gate

无论命运之门多么狭窄

How charged with punishments the scroll

无论承受怎样的惩罚

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