Hard or Soft?

Does the word "gif" have a hard G (as in "gate") or a soft G (as in "giant")? 

Well, in Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "If all the gifts I am to see" (below on the left), it has both. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "If all the griefs I am to have" (below on the right) -- and as in Emmett Lee's poem, she used a hard G with "griefs" in line 1 and a soft G with "joys" in line 5.  How clever was that?  : )
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
 
If all the gifs* I am to see
Would only post today,
I’d be so happy I believe
I’d laugh and pass the day.
 
If all the gifs** I am to post
Would come to me today,
A viral post so big as this
Is all that I can pray 
 
*Hard “G” gif (as in “griefs”)
**Soft “G” gif (as in “joys”)
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By Emily Dickinson:
 
If all the griefs I am to have
Would only come today,
I am so happy I believe
They'd laugh and run away.

If all the joys I am to have
Would only come today,
They could not be so big as this
That happens to me now.
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Hmm.  Is "Giphy" pronounced hard-g "Giffy," or is pronounced, "Jiffy"?

Just asking -- for a friend.