If you can't be a pine
on the top of the hill
如果不能成為山頂?shù)那嗨?/p>
Be a scrub in the valley
就做谷中的一棵矮樹
but be the best little scrub
by the side of the rill
但一定是最好的一棵矮樹
生長在小溪邊
Be a bush if you can't be a tree
如果不能做一棵樹就做一株灌木
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass
如果不能做一株灌木就做一片青草
and some highway some happier make
在高速公路上帶給人們快樂
If you can't be a muskie
如果不能做一條非洲狗魚
then just be a bass
就做一條鱸魚
but the liveliest bass in the lake
做湖塘里最快活的一條鱸魚
We can't all be captains
不可能每個(gè)人都能當(dāng)船長
we've got to be crew
但總有人要當(dāng)船員
There's something for all of us here
每個(gè)人都有機(jī)會(huì)各盡其用
There's big work to do
轟轟烈烈的大事需要人做
and there's lesser to do
微不足道的小事也需要人去完成
and the task we must do is the near
我們要做的就是做好眼前該做的
If you can't be a highway
then just be a trail
如果你不是高速公路就做一條悠然小徑
If you can't be the sun be a star
如果你成為不了太陽就做一顆星星
It isn't by size that you win or you fail
成敗不取決于大小
Be the best of whatever you are
無論你是誰稠通，做最好的自己就行
