我是一枝修长的甘蔗，
头上戴着一顶雪白的棉花帽。
从嫩苗长成粗干；
从一叶叶的凋落而现出一节节；
从柔弱变成坚实。
——我不断地生长；
我不断地成熟。
当你啃吃，
先由尾，
我的甜味便会次第增加。
蔗尾饲牛去！
蔗叶盖厝、烧火、做肥料去！
身干榨糖去！
渣滓烧火、制蔗板、做肥料去！
——任你撕去身心吸去血，
我只是一心想贡献给人类！
我是一枝修长的甘蔗，
头上戴着一顶雪白的棉花帽。
A Sugarcane’s Words Hsu ChiCheng
I am a tall sugarcane,
With a snow-white cotton cap on my head.
From a tiny seed,
From a young plant,
To a tall and strong sugarcane,
–I keep growing,,
I keep ripening..
Please begin with my root
When you eat and chew me,
And my sweet taste will be better and better.
My top is good food for cows!
My leaves are fertilizer after rotted!
My body can be sugared!
My bagasse can be used as fertilizer or firewood!
–I am determined to devote myself to human being,
And don’t care about whether you eat up my flesh or drink up my blood.
I am a tall sugarcane,
With a snow-white cotton cap on my head.
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