You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life has a spirit has a name
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You’ll learn things you never knew,You never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry
To the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they’re worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle in a hoop that never ends
How high does the sycamore grow
If you cut it down then you’ll never know
And you‘ll never hear the wolf cry
To the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the earth and still
All you’ll own is earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind
歌词翻译
你认为你拥有每一块你驻足的土地？
大地无非是你占有的无生命的财产？
但我却知道 每块石头 每棵树木 每个生物
都拥有生命 拥有灵魂 拥有自己的名字。
你认为能够称之为人的那些人
只有那些看着像你，想法与你如出一辙的人？
但如果你跟随着陌生人的脚步前行，
你会学到那些你永远不会知道的东西。
你是否曾经聆听野狼向着冷月哀嚎？
可曾询问，山猫为何咧嘴而笑？
你能否与大山的声音彼此唱和？
你能否绘尽风的万种和色彩？
你能否绘尽风的万种和色彩？
来吧，在隐秘的林间小路上尽情奔跑
来吧，尝尝自然生长的浆果甘甜滋味
看吧，丰腴的大自然簇拥在你周围
但这一次请不要计算它们的价值
暴雨河流是我的兄弟
苍鹭水獭是我的朋友
大千万物，皆彼此紧紧相连
造物的链条往复循环，生生不息
如果你砍掉枫树
你永远不会知道它能长多高
你将永远听不到野狼向着冷月哀嚎
不论我们的皮肤是黑是白抑或黄
我们需要与万籁的萧声彼此吟唱
绘出风中的七彩。
当你绘出风中的七彩，
才可以真正拥有地球。
