If you can’t be
apineon
the top of the hill,
如果你当不成山巅的一棵劲松,
Be
ascrubin
the valley—but be
就做山谷里的小树吧—但务必
The best little
scrub by the side of the rill;
做溪流边最棒的一棵小树;
Be a bush if you
can’t be a tree.
当不了树就做一丛灌木,
If you can’t be a
bush be a bit of grass–
当不成灌木还可以做小草–但务必
And some highway
happier make.
做路边最快乐的一株小草。
If you can’t be
amuskiethen just be abass–
如果你不是大梭鱼就做一尾鲈鱼吧,
But the liveliest
bass in the lake!
但要做湖里最活泼的小鲈鱼!
We can’t all be
captains, we’ve got to becrew,
我们不能都做船长,必须有人当船员,
There’s something
for all of us here,
可每个人都有自己的事儿,
There’s big work
to do, and there’slesserto
do,
有的事情大,有的事情小,
And the
task you must do is the near
而你要完成的任务就近在咫尺。
If you can’t be a
highway then just be atrail,
如果你不能做大道就做一条小径,
If you can’t be
the sun be a star;
若是不能做太阳就做星星;
It isn’t by size
that you win or you fail–
决定成败的不是你的大小–
Be the best of
whatever you are!
只要你做最好的自己!