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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 all 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!

【参考译文】 如果

如果在你周围,所有人都失去冷静,

责怪你,而你还能保持头脑清醒;

如果所有人都怀疑你,

你仍然相信自己,并且容忍他人的怀疑;

如果你能等待,不会因等待失去耐性;

或者面对谎言,不会以谎言作为回应,

或者面对仇恨,不会让仇恨蒙蔽理性,

既不贪慕虚荣,也不夸夸其谈;

如果你有梦想--而不会成为梦想的奴隶;

如果你有思想--而不会把思想作为目的;

如果你能面对成功和失败

对这两个骗子一视同仁;

如果你能容忍,听到你说过的真理

被恶人歪曲,用来欺骗傻子,

或者,看到你毕生的心血碎落一地,

你却能弯下腰,用破旧的工具悉心修理;

如果你能将赢来的所有堆成一堆

冒险赌一局,玩个掷币游戏,

输掉了,却还能从头再来,东山再起

而对失去的辉煌永不再提;

如果你能打起精神,鼓起勇气

即使早已筋疲力尽,却还能坚守阵地,

坚守,即使你内心已一无所有

只剩下意志在告诫自己:"坚持下去!"

如果你能与大众攀谈并保持谦卑,

或者与国王同行却依然平易近人,

如果敌人和挚友都无法将你伤害,

如果所有人对你都很重要,但又不过于依赖;

如果你能将每一分无情的时光

都化作六十秒忙碌的奔跑,

那么,整个世界,一切的一切,都会属于你,

而且,我的孩子,你将会成为男子汉,顶天立地!

【赏析】

拉迪亚德·吉卜林(Rudyard Kipling, 1865~1936),印裔英国人,短篇小说家和诗人。他一生著作颇丰,其代表作品有反映印度生活的现实主义小说《山中故事》(Plain Tales from the Hills),也有为儿童创作的充满神奇色彩的童话故事《丛林之书》(The Jungle Book),侦探小说《基姆》(Kim),诗集《营房谣》(Gunga Din)和短篇故事集《如此故事》(Just So Stories)等。1907年,他获得了诺贝尔文学奖,他的作品对20世纪初的世界文坛产生了很大影响。

吉卜林的诗词创作丰富多彩,感情真挚,这首小诗《如果》(If)就是其代表作之一。吉卜林凭借手中妙笔,将人生的种种境遇跃然纸上,借此告诫即将参军的儿子:做人最重要的是要有坚定的信心和持久的耐力。面临考验时,要百折不挠,顽强拼搏;与人交往时,要不卑不亢,以智者的胸襟包容一切;成功时戒骄戒躁,失败时绝不气馁,再接再厉;更要珍惜时光,坚持梦想,奋斗不息。短短的一首诗,语言质朴,风格简约,于平淡之中蕴含深刻的哲理,令人回味无穷。

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