文本歌词

The Bundle of Sticks - Janiee James
The Bundle of Sticks
A certain father had a family of sons
Who were forever quarreling among themselves
No words he could say did the least good
So he cast about in his mind for some very striking example
That should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune
One day
When the quarreling had been much more violent than usual
And each of the sons was moping in a surly manner
He asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks
Then handing the bundle to each of his sons in turn
He told them to try to break it
But although each one tried his best none was able to do so
The father then untied the bundle
And gave the sticks to his sons to break one by one
This they did very easily
My sons said the father
Do you not see how certain it is
That if you agree with each other and help each other
It will be impossible for your enemies to injure you
But if you are divided among yourselves
You will be no stronger than a single stick in that bundle
In unity is strength