If you want to build a ship, 

don’t herd people together 

to collect wood 

and don’t assign them tasks and work,

 but rather teach them to long for 

the endless immensity of the sea.

如果你想建造一艘船，

别号召人们收集木材、

别分派给他们任务和工作，

而是教他们对浩瀚无边的大海

产生欲望。