If you can't be a pine on the TOP of the hill,
假如你当不成山巅的一棵劲松，
Be a scrub in 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.
做路边最开心的一株小草。
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass--
假如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 be crew,
大家不可以都做船长，需要有人当船员，
There's something for all of us here,
可每一个人都有我们的事儿，
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
有些事情大，有些事情小，
And the task you must do is the near.
而你要完成的任务就一步之遥。
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
假如你不可以做大道就做一条小径，
If you can't be the sun be a star;
如果是不可以做太阳就做星星；
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!
做最好的自己！
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