Just trying to find my way through ...

My photo
Morges, State of Vaud - Lemanic Arc, Switzerland
Mon arrière Tante Léonie demandait :
"Es-tu curieux ? Alors tu vivras longtemps !"

Still a lot to do in one life & time is running out

Life
Born in Singapore. Ten unforgettful years: sounds, flavors, tastes, colors, kindness, Chinese, Malayans, Indians, Europeans
No Brasil morei um tempo. Fazenda, cacau, cheiros tropicais, sabores
Un año en Venezuela. Encuentro de las Aguas del Río Caroní con el Orinoco
Living now in Switzerland, close to the Léman. Why call it Lake of Geneva ?

I love
J my wife, D my son, T and Z my litle daughters, family, ski mountainering, biking, travels (too little this past decade)

I hate
Anger, violence, perhaps myself too ..?

Curious about
Different Ways of Living, Humanity, Struggle for Life, Sense of Life, Finding my Own Way Out

I strongly believe
Mankind is able to produce the Best and the Worst !

I like
Communication, however do not communicate that well with me nor with others ...

So and what now ?
No idea where this blog will bring me to ...

And you ?
Tell me something about you, would you?

Monday, January 31, 2011

Invictus - The captain of my soul - Le capitaine de mon âme

Invictus
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 unbow'd.


Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds 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

William Ernest Henley


Invictus
Dans les ténèbres qui m’enserrent,
Noires comme un puits où l’on se noie,
Je rends grâce aux dieux quels qu’ils soient,
Pour mon âme invincible et fière,


Dans de cruelles circonstances,
Je n’ai ni gémi ni pleuré,
Meurtri par cette existence,
Je suis debout bien que blessé,


En ce lieu de colère et de pleurs,
Se profile l’ombre de la mort,
Je ne sais ce que me réserve le sort,
Mais je suis et je resterai sans peur,


Aussi étroit soit le chemin,
Nombreux les châtiments infâmes,
Je suis le maître de mon destin,
Je suis le capitaine de mon âme.

William Ernest Henley












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