O Captain！My Captain！
惠特曼（1819-1892），生於紐約長島，曾任教員、排字工人、記者等職。1855年出版詩集《草葉集》（Leaves of Grass），最初未獲好評。詩人自1856至1891年間不斷將《草葉集》修改增訂。
O Captain!My Captain!Our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather‘d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart!heart!heart! O the bleeding drops of red! Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain!rise up and hear the bells; Rise up -for you the flag is flung -for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths-for you the shores crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turing; Here, Captain!dear father! This arm beneath your head; It is some dream that on the deck You ‘ve fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won; Exult, O shores!and ring, O bells! But I,with mourful tread, Walk the deck my captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
啊，船長！我的船長！
瓦爾特.惠特曼
啊！般長！我的船長！可怕的'航程已完成；這船歷盡風險，企求的目標已達成。
港口在望，鐘聲響，人們在歡欣。
千萬雙眼睛注視著船——平穩，勇敢，堅定。
但是痛心啊！痛心！痛心！
瞧一滴滴鮮紅的血！
甲板上躺著我的船長，他倒下去，冰冷，永別。
啊，船長！我的船長！起來吧，傾聽鐘聲；起來吧，號角為您長鳴，旌旗為您高懸：迎接您，多少花束花圈——候著您，千萬人峰擁岸邊；他們向您高呼，擁來擠去，仰起殷切的臉；啊，船長！親愛的父親！
我的手臂託著您的頭！
莫非是一場夢：在甲板上您倒下去，冰冷，永別。
我的船長不作聲，嘴脣慘白，毫不動彈；我的父親沒感到我的手臂，沒有脈搏，沒有遺言；船舶拋錨停下，平安抵達；船程終了；歷經難險返航，奪得勝利目標。
啊，岸上鐘聲齊鳴，啊，人們一片歡騰！
但是，我在甲板上，在船長身旁，心悲切，步履沉重；因為他倒下去，冰冷，永別
