切莫包到半中腰(The wrapping should not stop halfway)

英译：吴文南

竹头生笋节节高，

The bamboo grows shoots knot by knot.

节节都有竹壳包。

Every knot has the shell as wrapping lot.

你要包来包到底，

The wrapping must go all the way.

切莫包到半中腰。

The wrapping should not stop halfway.