If— by Rudyard Kipling
Many people consider ‘If—’ to be one of the most inspirational poems ever written. It is certainly a poem that has garnered a great deal of attention in popular culture.
In fact, any lover of tennis can probably tell you that several of the lines of ‘If—’ are hanging in the player’s entrance at Centre Court Wimbledon in England. The lines that are displayed read, “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.” While Kipling wrote poetry, novels, and articles, he is most notably known for his collection of short stories called The Jungle Book, written in 1894. A British writer, Kipling, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
Read and Listen to If— Poem
Read and listen along to ‘If—‘ in full below, before diving into the analysis:
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🕋 He is Allah, the One and Only | قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ | او خدای یگانه است | Is esan Allah, an t-Aon agus a-mhàin | وہ اللہ واحد اور واحد ہے 🕋 | ਉਹ ਅੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ, ਇੱਕ ਅਤੇ ਕੇਵਲ Uha al'hā hai, ika atē kēvala 