吉卜林【英】 著
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If
如果


If you can keep your head when all about you
如果所有人都失去理智，咒骂你


Are losing theirs and blaming it on you
你仍能保持头脑清醒


If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
如果所有人都怀疑你


But make allowance for their doubting too
你仍能坚信自己，让所有的怀疑动摇


If you can wait and not be tired by waiting
如果你要等待，不要因此厌烦


Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies
为人所骗，不要因此骗人


Or, being hated, don't give way to hating
为人所恨，不要因此抱恨


And yet don't look too good
不要太乐观


Nor talk too wise
不要自以为是


If you can dream--and not make dreams your master
如果你是个追梦人--不要被梦主宰


If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim
如果你是个爱思考的人--不要以思想者自居


If you can meet with triumph and disaster
如果你遇到骄傲和挫败


And treat them two impostors just the same
把两者当骗子看待



If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
如果你能忍受你曾经讲过的事实


Twisted by knaves to make s trap for fools
被恶棍扭曲，用于蒙骗傻子


Or watch the things you gave your life to broken
或者，看着你用毕生去看护的东西被破坏


And stoop and build them up with worn-out tools
俯下身去，用破旧的工具把它修补


If you can make one heap of all your winnings
如果你在赢得无数桂冠之后


And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss
孤注一掷，再搏一次


And lose, and start again at your beginnings
失败过后，东山再起


And never breathe a word about your loss
不要抱怨你的失败


If you can force you heart and nerve and sinew
如果你能迫使自己


To serve your turn long after they are gone
在别人离开之后，长久坚守阵地


And so hold on when there's nothing in you
在你心中已空荡荡无一物


Except the will which says to them,"Hold on!"
只有意志告诉你“坚持”！


If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue
如果你与人交谈，能保持风度


Or walk with kings-nor lose the common touch
伴王同行，能保持距离


If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you
如果仇敌和好友都不害你


If all men count with you, but none too much
如果所有人都指望你，却无一全心全意


If you can fill the unforgiving minute 如果你花60秒进行短程跑


With 60 seconds worth of distance run
填满那不可饶恕的一分钟


Yours is the Earth and everything is in it
你就可以拥有一个世界，这个世界的一切都是你的


And Which is more
更重要的是


You will be a man my son
你会成为一个顶天立地的人 孩子

163'

仍旧是献丑了(加了点bgm)

小记：

偶然间看到这首小短文
内容极其生动形象，父亲对孩子谆谆教诲的形象跃然纸上
通篇的排比大概是最出彩的部分
用“如果”一词引出对孩子所有的期望

另外，这首短文还刻在了迈克尔杰克逊的墓碑上





至于配图，又是自己随便扯过来的，摄于澳大利亚墨尔本的



某个街头😊

傍晚还没暗淡的天空，小花店门口点亮橘色的灯盏

愿我们
都能成为父母眼中，顶天立地的人❤️