If you can't be a pine
on the top of the hill
如果不能成为山顶的青松
Be a scrub in the valley
就做谷中的一棵矮树
but be the best little scrub
by the side of the rill
但一定是最好的一棵矮树
生长在小溪边
Be a bush if you can't be a tree
如果不能做一棵树就做一株灌木
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
在高速公路上带给人们快乐
If you can't be a muskie
如果不能做一条非洲狗鱼
then just be a bass
就做一条鲈鱼
but the liveliest bass in the lake
做湖塘里最快活的一条鲈鱼
We can't all be captains
不可能每个人都能当船长
we've got to be crew
但总有人要当船员
There's something for all of us here
每个人都有机会各尽其用
There's big work to do
轰轰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
我们要做的就是做好眼前该做的
If you can't be a highway
then just be a trail
如果你不是高速公路就做一条悠然小径
If you can't be the sun be a star
如果你成为不了太阳就做一颗星星
It isn't by size that you win or you fail
成败不取决于大小
Be the best of whatever you are
无论你是谁，做最好的自己就行
