做最好的自己

Be the best of whatever you are

做最好的自己

——Doutlast Malloch

—— 道格拉斯·马洛赫

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,

如果你无法成为山顶上的一棵苍松，

Be a scrub in the valley—but be

就做山谷中的一丛灌木—但一定要做

The best little scrub by the side of the rill.

溪边最好的一丛小灌木。

Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

如果不能长成参天大树就好好做一丛灌木。

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

如果你成不了灌木，那就做一棵小草，

And some highway some happier make.

让道路因你而更有生气。

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass—

如果你成不了海洋中的大梭鱼那就做一条鲈鱼—

But the liveliest bass in the lake!

但一定要做湖里那条最有 活力的鲈鱼！

We can't all be captains, we've got to be cr-ew,

我们不可能都做船长，必须要有人做船员，

There's something for all of us here.

总会有适合我们做的一些小事。

There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,

有大事，也有小事，

And the task we must do is the near.

我们要做的就是眼前的事。

If you can't be a highway then just be a trai-l,

如果你成不了大道那就做一条小径，

If you can't be the sun be a star.

如果你成不了太阳那就做一颗星星。

It isn't by size that you win or you fail—

成功还是失败并不能取决于你所做事情的大小——

Be the best of whatever you are!

做最好的自己！