我是一枝修長的甘蔗，
頭上戴著一頂雪白的棉花帽。
從嫩苗長成粗幹；
從一葉葉的凋落而現出一節節；
從柔弱變成堅實。
——我不斷地生長；
我不斷地成熟。
當你啃吃，
先由尾，
我的甜味便會次第增加。
蔗尾飼牛去！
蔗葉蓋厝、燒火、做肥料去！
身幹榨糖去！
渣滓燒火、製蔗板、做肥料去！
——任你撕去身心吸去血，
我只是一心想貢獻給人類！
我是一枝修長的甘蔗，
頭上戴著一頂雪白的棉花帽。
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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