《If》译名《如果》或《假如》

吉卜林/文   吉卜林一般指约瑟夫·鲁德亚德·吉卜林（Joseph Rudyard Kipling）

诺贝尔奖得主吉卜林写给他12岁儿子的诗------此诗系吉卜林1895年所作，并于1910年首次见于其短篇及小说集Brother Square Toes chapter of Remard and Fairies。该诗在1995年BBC公司观众调查中被推选为年度“最受英国人喜爱的诗歌”。

If

by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

  Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

  But make allowance for their doubting too:

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

  Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated don't give way to hating,

  And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;

  If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

  And treat those two impostors just the same:.

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

  Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

  And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

  And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings,

  And never breathe a word about your loss:

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

  To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

  Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

  Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

  If all men count with you, but none too much:

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

  With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

  And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!

Enjoy：

If

假如

by Rudyard Kipling

由 吉卜林

If you can keep your head when all about you

假如你能——在别人不知所措却对你横加指责的时候

  Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

  保持清醒的头脑；

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

假如你能——在所有人都怀疑你的时候

  But make allowance for their doubting too:

  仍然相信自己，并能体谅别人对你的怀疑；

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

假如你能等待且又充满耐心，

  Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,

  或者，从不用谎言去应付谎言，

Or being hated don't give way to hating,

也不用仇恨去回击仇恨，

  And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

  既不故作正经也不夸夸其谈。

If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;

假如你充满梦想——但绝不做梦想的奴仆；

  If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,

  假如你勤于思考——却不把思想当作目标；

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

假如你能——在遇到胜利和困难时

  And treat those two impostors just the same:.

  态度同样平静；

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

假如你能容忍你所说的真理，

  Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

  被无赖用作捕捉愚人的陷阱，

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

或看着你所献身的事业轰然倒塌，

  And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

  你能屈身拾起残破的工具把它们重建。

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

假如你能——把所有赢来的筹码

  And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

  都押在一把赌注上，

And lose, and start again at your beginnings,

输光后仍能重新再来，

  And never breathe a word about your loss:

  且对输赢只字不提。

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

假如你能——在运气不佳身心俱疲之时，

  To serve your turn long after they are gone,

  仍能全力以赴抓住机遇，

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

在一无所有只剩意志支撑的时刻，

  Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

  咬牙坚持到底。

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

假如你能——与三教九流为伍而独善其身，

  Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,

  与王公贵族同行而不忘本色；

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

假如无论是敌是友都不能伤害到你；

  If all men count with you, but none too much:

  假如所有的人对你来说同等重要；

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

假如你能把每一分宝贵的光阴

  With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

  化作六十秒的奋斗——

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

你就拥有了整个世界，

  And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!

  最重要的是——你就成了一个真正的人，我的孩子！