Sequoia's winters were sixteen silent tongue spirit clean 红杉的冬天是16缄默的嘴干净精神

He walked at his father's side 他走在父亲的身边

Across the smoking battle ground where red and white men lay all around 在整个吸烟战场，其中红色和白色的男子躺在四周

So many here had died 因此，许多在这里死了

The wind had scattered around snow white leaves upon the ground 在地上的风已经散落在雪白色的叶子

Not leaves like leaves from trees 没有叶子像叶子从树上

Sequoia said what can this be what's the strange thing here I see 红杉说什么会这样有什么奇怪的东西在这里喔

From where come leaves like these 从哪儿来的叶子像这样的

Sequoia turned to his father's eyes and he said father you're wise 红杉转向他父亲的眼睛，他说爸爸你是明智的

From where come such snow white leaves 从哪儿来的这样的雪白色的叶子

With such strange marks upon these squares 有了这样奇怪的痕迹在这些广场

Not even the wise owl could put them there 连聪明的猫头鹰可以把它们放在那里

So strange these snow white leaves 太奇怪了这些雪白色的叶子

His father shielding his concern resenting the knowledge Sequoia yearned 他的父亲保护他关心的怨恨杉向往的知识

Crumbled the snow white leaves 崩溃白雪公主叶

He said when I explain then it's done these are talking leaves my son 他说，当我再解释一下它做这些都是在说离开我的儿子

The white men's talking leaves 白人男子说话的叶子

The white man takes a berry of black and red 白人以黑色和红色浆果

And an eagle's feather from the eagle's bed 和老鹰的从鹰的羽毛床

And he makes bird track marks 他使​​鸟曲目标记

And the marks on the leaves they say carry messages to his brother far away 而在叶痕他们说送信给他的弟弟远

And his brother knows what's in his heart 和他的兄弟知道什么是在他的心脏

They see these marks and they understand the truth in the heart of the far off man 他们看到这些痕迹，他们明白在远处的人的心脏的真相

The enemies can't hear them 敌人不能听到他们的声音

Said Sequoia's father son they weave bad medicine on these talking leaves 说红杉的父亲的儿子，他们织坏药在这些谈话的叶子

Leave such things to them 让这样的事情对他们

Then Sequoia walking lightly followed his father quietly but so amazed was he 然后，红杉轻轻走跟着父亲悄悄地但如此惊讶是他

If the white man talks on leaves why not the Cherokee 如果白人会谈叶子为什么不切诺基

Vanished from his father's face Sequoia went from place to place 从父亲的脸上消失了红杉的地方去的地方

But he could not forget 但他无法忘记

Year after year he worked on and on till finally he cut into stone 一年又一年，他的工作，并一直持续到最后，他刻到石头上

The Cherokee alphabet 切诺基字母

Sequoia's hair by now was white his eyes began to lose their light 红杉的头发现在是白色的双眼逐渐失去了光

But he taught all who would believe 但他教的所有谁也信

That the Indian's thoughts could be written down ，印度的想法可以写下来

Just as the white men's there on the ground and he left us these talking leaves 正如白人男子出现在地面上，他给我们留下了这些说话的叶子