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Desiderata by Max Ehrmann (English and Tagalog version)

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.



Desiderata
salin sa tagalog ni Benilda Santos

Humayo nang payapa sa gitna ng ingay at pagkukumahog
at tandaang may katiwasayang masusumpungan sa katahimikan.
Hanggang kakayanin at nang hindi sumusuko,
pakitunguhan nang mabuti ang lahat.

Sambitin ang sariling katotohanan nang mahinahon at walang gatol
at pakinggan ang iba, kahit ang pulpol at mangmang.
Sila man ay may masasabi.

Iwasan ang hambog at mapusok; nakaliligalig sila ng loob.
Kung ihahambing ang sarili sa iba, baka maging palalo o puno ng hinampo
dahil laging may makahihigit o mababa sa iyo.

Masiyahin sa iyong tagumpay, maging sa iyong mga balak.
Pangalagaan ang iyong hanapbuhay gaano man kahamak;
iyay maaasahang pag-aari sa pabago-bagong kapalarang dala ng panahon.

Mag-ingat sa pakikipagnegosyo pagkat puno ng bulaan ang mundo.
Ngunit huwag naming magbulag-bulagan sa kabutihan.
Marami ang nagsisikap maabot ang kadakilaan,
at saan mang dakoy may kabayanihan.

Magpakatotoo sa sarili. Higit sa lahat, huwag magpanggap sa pagmamahal.
Subalit huwag ding kutyain ang pag-ibig
pagkat sa harap ng lahat ng kawalan ng sigla at pag-asa
lagi itong tumutubong muli tulad ng damo.

Tanggapin nang mahinahon ang payo ng taon,
at isuko nang magiliw ang mga biyaya ng kabataan.
Patatagin ang espiritu bilang pansanggalang sa di-inaasahang kasawian.
Ngunit huwag magpakaligalig sa mga nakababahalang alalalahanin.
Maraming pangamba ang dulot ng pagod at pangungulila.
Bukod sa pagkakaroon ng sapat na disiplina, maging malumanay sa sarili.

Supling ka ng uniberso, gaya ng mga punot tala
karapatan mong dumito.
At malinaw man ito o hindi sa iyo
walang alinlangan, sadyang namumukadkad ang uniberso.

Kaya maging payapa sa Panginoon
paano man ang pagkilala mo sa Kanya
at anuman ang iyong pagsisikap at pangarap;
sa maingay na kaguluhan ng buhay
panatilihing panatag ang iyong loob.

Sa kabila ng pagkukunwari, kawalang-kawawaan, at bigong pangarap,
Maganda pa rin itong mundo.
Maging masayahin. Sikaping lumigaya.