The Cotton Tree

棉花树

Sing well fare the cotton-tree!

一起来祝愿棉花树

Bravely may it grow，

长大吧，发出勇气的光彩!

Bearing in its seeded pod

让种荚里藏身的棉朵，

Cotton white as snow!

像雪花一般洁白!

Spin the cotton into thread;

把棉絮纺成丝线，

Weave it in the loom;

把丝线织成布匹;

Wear it now, thou little child,

小朋友，把它穿上吧，

In thy happy home.

在你快乐的家里

Thou hast worn it well and long;

整天在身上的衣服

Are its uses past?

就是棉花最后的用途?

No; this well-worn cotton thing

错了，这穿破了的东西

Is a book at last.

还能让我们阅读,，

Sort and grind to pulp the rags;

挑出破布，捣成纸浆，

Weave the paper fair;

再凝成白纸一张张，

Now it only waits for words

如今只等着文字，

To be printed there.

印上去散发着墨香

Words from God to man sent down

天地给人的启示，

May those pages show;

就在这书两上存在，

Sing well fare the cotton-tree!

一起来祝愿棉花树

Bravely may it grow!

长大吧，发出勇气的光彩

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