What says the Tree to his friends the Rocks? 树说什么给他的朋友们的岩石？

When he lives and breathes they sit and mock? 当他的生活和呼吸，他们坐下来模拟？

And he grows strong, for centuries long, but one he dies and begins to rot. 他发展壮大，数百年来长，但有他死了，并开始腐烂。

“We will last intact this way! And you my friend, will soon decay!” “我们将持续不变这样！而你我的朋友，很快就会腐烂！ “

“But I can breathe -- am commensal; the shade, the fruits, the nests on bough. “但我可以松一口气 - 是共生;树荫下，果实，树枝上筑巢。

And if with this, my time finite, I'm glad to have spent it doing right.” 而如果这种情况，我的时间有限，我很高兴花了它做的事情。 “

But Rocks prefer to simply sit. 但岩喜欢简单地坐着。

To gain none, lost none, just exist. 为了获得无，没有丢失，只是存在的。

But nary should an ocean rise, they'd become sand and disappear with the tides. 但是进制应该海洋崛起，他们会成为沙滩和潮汐消失。

When trees ignite a cyclical life, from plant to animal to Earth and back; whom, even when their roots are ploughed, have left exponential impact. 当树木点燃生命周期，从植物到动物地球和后端;其中，甚至当他们的根犁，都留下了指数的影响。

And so, the greedy human kind, to conquer trees tall, mountains high, erects gigantic splinters of steel that shame forests, make mountains to kneel. 所以，贪婪的人类的，征服的树木高大，山高，架设钢的耻辱森林，使山川跪了巨大的碎片。

And progress spreads like moss on a stone. 进步利差像青苔在石头上。

Evolution dictates that men are prone to outdo those that came before. 进化使然，男人很容易超越那些来过。

“You see? We'll last forever more!” “你看？我们会永远持续下去了！“

We improve what nature made. 我们改善了自然进行。

We'll challenge mountains, transplant lakes. 我们将挑战高山，湖泊移植。

There is no confirmed master plan. 没有证实的总体规划。

We do it just because we can. 我们这样做只是因为我们能做到。

But foolish is the one who complacently thinks himself King because when Time erodes the past what remains are Nature's things. 但愚蠢的是一个谁沾沾自喜自以为是国王，因为当时间侵蚀过去剩下的都是自然的事情。

Quite Shakespearean duals, those between parent and offspring are! 很莎士比亚偶，这些亲代与子代之间！

As Chronos devours his Son, Gaia to mankind so starts. 由于Chronos的吞噬他的儿子，盖亚人类这么开始。

Metal rusts, cement crumbles. 金属生锈，水泥崩溃。

To err is human, not divine. 犯错是人，不是神。

Prayers are so intently mumbled when proud man is forces to decline. 祷告是如此专注地喃喃自语，当骄傲的人就是力量下降。

Steel, concrete, technology may stand intact for centuries, but faces with wind or flood or quake, like toys will crumble, bend and break. 钢铁，水泥，技术可能依旧完整无缺了几个世纪，但也面临着风，洪水或地震，像玩具会崩溃，弯曲和折断。

I say with actions what you do with words. 我说你做的话什么样的行动。

For we're the moss; the Earth -- the stone, so let us do as did the Tree. 对于我们的青苔;地球 - 石头，所以让我们做一样的树。

For silence will long be ignored, and action recognized quickly. 沉默将长期被忽略，并迅速采取行动的认可。

We won't outlive our generation but our impact surely will. 我们不会活得比我们这一代人，但我们的影响肯定会的。

This -- the Rocks' humiliation -- when they witness we are still alive in what we've left for others, like Nature gives, so selflessly. 这 - 这些岩石的羞辱 - 当他们看到我们还活着的我们已经离开了他人，就像大自然给了，所以无私。

So pay respect to out true Mother and take your rank amongst the Trees. 所以，瞻仰了真正的母亲和把你的排名树丛。