This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it-or use it for good,
but what I do today is important,
because I am exchanging a day of my life for it!
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever,
Leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.
I want it to be gain, and not lose.
Good, and not evil; Success, and not failure,
in order that I shall not regret the price that I paid for it.
譯文如下(壹般詩歌不直譯,會有適當刪減和延伸):
又是新的壹天
上蒼賜給我這新的壹天
我做什麽都可以
我可以浪擲虛度也可以小心珍重
今天我要做的事非常重要
因為我把生命中的壹天和他交換
當明天來到,今天永遠消逝
填補他的空缺是我所完成的事
我努力耕耘,不要損失
我選擇善良,不要邪惡
我希望成功,不要失敗
因為我要永遠記住
我為這些事所付出的
是我生命裏的壹天