Rudyard Kipling

IF / DAC
If you can keep your head when all about you Dac eti calm, cnd toi se pierd cu firea
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
n jurul tu, i spun c-i vina ta;
De crezi n tine, chiar cnd Omenirea
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt Nu crede, dar i crezi i ei cumva;
you,
De tii s-atepi, dar fr tevatur;
But make allowance for their doubting too; De nu dezmini minciuni minind, ci drept;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, De nu rspunzi la ur tot cu ur
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
i nici prea bun nu pari, nici prea-nelept;
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too
Dac visezi - dar nu-i faci visul astru;
wise:
De poi s speri - dar nu-i faci jindul el;
De-ntmpini i Triumful i Dezastrul
If you can dream - and not make dreams your Mereu senin i n acelai fel;
master;
Dac supori s-i vezi vorba sucit
If you can think - and not make thoughts your De arlatan, ce-i spurc al tu rost;
aim;
De poi ca munca vieii, nruit,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster S-o faci de la-nceput precum a fost;
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've
Dac-ndrzneti agonisita-i toat
spoken
S-o pui, fr'a clipi, pe-un singur zar
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, i, dac-o pierzi, s-ncepi ca prima dat
Or watch the things you gave your life to,
Fr-s te plngi cu un oftat mcar;
broken,
De tii, cu nerv, cu inim, cu vn,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out
Drept s rmi, cnd ele june nu-s,
tools:
i stai tot drz, cnd nu mai e stpn
Dect Voina ce le ine sus;
If you can make one heap of all your
winnings
Dac-ntre Regi i-e firea neschimbat
And risk it on one turn of pitch - and toss,
Ca i-n Mulime - nu strin de ea;
And lose, and start again at your beginnings Amic sau nu, de nu pot s te-abat;
And never breathe a word about your loss;
De toi de-i pas, dar de nimeni prea;
If you can force your heart and nerve and
Dac i-e dat, prin clipa zdrobitoare,
sinew
S treci i s-o ntreci, mereu bonom,
To serve your turn long after they are gone, atunci: a ta e Lumea asta mare
And so hold on when there is nothing in you i, mai mult, fiul meu: atunci - eti Om!
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold
on!"
Traducere de Dan Duescu?
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!