I Am The Captain of My Soul

LiuYinChina發表於2013-09-04
I Am The Captain of My Soul

Thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have nit 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
Ant yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid
It matters not how strait the gate
How charged with punishment the scroll
I am the master of fate
I am the captain of my soul

這是曼德拉最喜歡的詩詞,
在二十七年的牢獄之災中,
無論冰冷寒夜或是艱苦勞動都不曾削弱他對自己靈魂的信仰。
他把這首詩詞贈與佛朗索瓦,新南非成立時的國家橄欖球隊隊長,
後者真的率領曾經一度被人蹂躪的球隊奪得了世界盃的冠軍。

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