There are moments in life when everything seems to turn gray; things don’t turn out the way we wanted or something just happens to us that suddenly hurts us a lot and everything else loses meaning. But in those moments, sometimes a phrase, a photo, a message comes to us that somehow reminds us again of what is important: “Don’t give up”: Even if the cold burns / Even if fear bites / Even if the sun goes down and the wind shuts up / There is still fire in your soul / There is still life in your dreams.
“Don’t give up” is a poem by Mario Benedetti, a renowned writer, poet, journalist and playwright born in Uruguay, who wrote more than eighty books.
The words of this poem by Mario Benedetti are shared throughout the world among those who most want to encourage each other to overcome a bad moment and remember that life goes on and is a blessing.
Poem by Mario Benedetti: “Don’t give up”
Don’t give up, you’re still on time
To reach out and start again,
Accept your shadows
Bury your fears
release the ballast,
Take flight.
Do not give up that life is that,
continue the journey,
Follow your dreams,
unlock time,
run the rubble,
And uncover the sky.
Don’t give up, please don’t give in
Although the cold burns,
Although fear bites,
Although the sun hides
And the wind shuts down
There is still fire in your soul
There is still life in your dreams.
Because life is yours and yours also the desire
Because you wanted it and because I love you
Because there is wine and love, it is true.
Because there are not wounds that time can not heal.
Open doors,
remove the locks,
Abandon the walls that protected you,
Live life and accept the challenge,
recover laughter,
rehearse a song,
Let down your guard and hold out your hands
spread the wings
And try again
Celebrate life and take back to the skies.
Don’t give up, please don’t give in
Although the cold burns,
Although fear bites,
Although the sun sets and the wind is silent,
There is still fire in your soul,
There is still life in your dreams
Because every day is a new beginning,
Because this is the time and the best time.
Because you’re not alone, because I love you.