《无题》如果你不能成为山顶的一棵松, 就做一丛小树生长在谷中, 但须是溪边最好的一丛小树。
《无题》 如果你不能成为山顶的一棵松, 就做一丛小树生长在谷中, 但须是溪边最好的一丛小树。
如果你不能成为山顶的一棵松
就做一丛小树生长在谷中,但须是溪边最好的一丛小树.
如果你不能成为一棵大树,
就做灌木一丛;
如果你不能成为一丛灌木,
就做一片绿草,
让公路上也有几分欢娱.如果你不能成一只麝香鹿,
就做一条鲈鱼,
但须是湖里最好的一条鱼.
如果我们不能做船长,
就做水手,
在这里我们都有广阔的天地,
如果你不能做一条公路,
就做一条小径.
如果你不能做太阳,
就做一颗星星.
不能凭大小来断定你的尊卑,
不论你做什么都要做最好的一名!
—道格拉斯·马尔洛赫
Be the Best of Whatever You Are
Be the Best of Whatever You Are
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley---but be
The best little scrub by the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass---
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near.
It isn't by size that you won or you fail--
Be the best of whatever you are!