Be The Best

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!

做最好的你
如果你不能成为山顶的一棵松，
那就做山谷里的一棵小树吧，---但要做
溪边最好的一棵小树；
如果你不能成为一棵树，那就做丛小灌木，
如果你不能成为小灌木，那就做株小草，
做株路边快乐的小草；
如果你不能成为一条大梭鱼，那就当一尾小鲈鱼――
但要当湖中最具活力的小鲈鱼！

我们不可能都是船长，必须有人当船员，
有各种各样的事情在等着我们，
有大事，有小事，
而你必须做的是你身边的事。
决定你成败的并不是你个头的大小——
而是要做一个最好的你！