INVICTUS (Victorian Poem, By William Ernest Hanley, Inspirational poem for Mandela) Out of the night covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning 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 year Find, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charge with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. TAK TERKALAHKAN (puisi kemerdekaan, oleh William Ernest Hanley, puisi inspirasi untuk Mandela) Di malam yang menyelimutiku, Segelap lubang yang sangat dalam, Aku bersyukur atas segala pemberianNya ‘tuk segenap jiwa yang tak tunduk. Yang jatuh dari genggamanMu Aku tak kan berkeluh kesah.