If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill
如果你當不成山巔的一棵勁松
Be a scrub in the valley-but be
就做山谷裡的小樹吧-但務必
The best little scrub by the side of the rill
做溪流邊最棒的一棵小樹
Be a bush if you can't be a tree
當不了樹就做一叢灌木
If you can't be a bush be a bit of grass-but be
當不成灌木還可以做小草-但務必
Be the happiest grass on the road
做路邊最快樂的一株小草
If you can't be a barracuda then just be a perch
如果你不是大梭魚就做一尾鱸魚吧
But the liveliest perch in the lake
但要做湖裡最活潑的小鱸魚
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew
我們不能都做船長,必須有人當船員
There's something for all of us here
可每個人都有自己的事兒
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do
有的事情大,有的事情小
And the task you must do is the near
而你要完成的任務就近在咫尺
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail
如果你不能做大道就做一條小徑
If you can't be the sun be a star
若是不能做太陽就做星星
It isn't by size that you win or you fail
決定成敗的不是你的大小
Be the best of whatever you are
只要你做最好的自己
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