IF    〔Rudyard Kipling〕　　　〔尤克強譯〕 
當被群衆瘋狂指責之際　　　　If you can keep your head when all about you
如果你依然保持清醒　　　　　Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
面對質疑時雖自信不移　　　　If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
但能諒解衆人的不信　　　　　But make allowance for their doubting too,
不管等待多久仍秉持耐心　　　If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
不以欺詐報復欺詐　　　　　　Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
不讓仇恨滋長仇恨　　　　　　Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
不盛氣淩人也不出口傷人　　　And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

 

懷抱美夢而不脫離現實　　　　If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
深思熟慮但不好高騖遠　　　　If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
無論面對的是勝利或災難　　　If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
都能夠看清其中的虛幻　　　　And treat those two impostors just the same;
還要能忍受自己說出的真相　　If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
被狡徒扭曲成欺世的騙局　　　Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
或是眼看著心血已付諸東流　　Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
仍然堅守初衷忍辱重建　　　　And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

 

如果你敢將所有的籌碼　　　　If you can make one heap of all your winnings
冒著孤注一擲的風險　　　　　And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
輸了就重頭來過　　　　　　　And lose, and start again at your beginnings
一敗塗地仍咬緊牙關　　　　　And never breath a word about your loss;
如果你能重拾勇氣和豪情　　　If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
貫注於當下的義務　　　　　　To serve your turn long after they are gone,
即使一無所有仍堅持不懈　　　And so hold on when there is nothing in you
用毅力告訴自己：決不放棄　　Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

 

如果你面對群衆仍保有美德　　If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
或與權貴同行也不失掉本色　　Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
如果敵人或朋友都無法中傷你　If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
如果人們認同你但不過於狎暱　If all men count with you, but none too much,
如果你能善用無情的光陰　　　If you can fill the unforgiving minute
珍惜漫長賽程的每一刻　　　　With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
那你就能包容大地萬物　　　　Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
你才能算是個真正的男子漢！　And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!