Dear son……
孩子……
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me…
哪天你看到我日漸老去,身體也漸漸不行,請(qǐng)耐著性子試著了解我…
If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.
如果我吃的臟兮兮，如果我不會(huì)穿衣服，有耐心一點(diǎn)。
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you?
你記得我曾花多久時(shí)間教你這些事嗎?
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
如果，當(dāng)我一再重復(fù)述說(shuō)同樣的事情，不要打斷我，聽(tīng)我說(shuō)。你小時(shí)候，我必須一遍又一遍的讀著同樣的故事，直到你靜靜睡著…
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
當(dāng)我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我也不要責(zé)罵我…
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…
你記得小時(shí)后我曾編出多少理由，只為了哄你洗澡…
When you see me on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
當(dāng)你看到我對(duì)新科技的無(wú)知，給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間，不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我…
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well…to confront life.
我曾教了你多少事情啊，如何好好的吃,好好的穿，如何面對(duì)你的生命。

When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… Let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it；do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
如果交談中我忽然失憶不知所云，給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間回想，如果我還是無(wú)能為力，請(qǐng)不要緊張，對(duì)我而言重要的不是對(duì)話，而是能跟你在一起，有你的傾聽(tīng)…
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
當(dāng)我不想吃東西時(shí)，不要勉強(qiáng)我，我清楚知道該什么時(shí)候進(jìn)食。
When my tired legs do not allow me walk… give me your hand…the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
當(dāng)我的腿不聽(tīng)使喚，扶我一把，如同我曾扶著你，踏出你人生的第一步。
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more… that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…
當(dāng)哪天我告訴你不想再活下去了，請(qǐng)不要生氣，總有一天你會(huì)了解…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
試著了解我已是風(fēng)燭殘年，來(lái)日可數(shù)。
Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes. I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.
有一天你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，即使我有許多過(guò)錯(cuò)，我總是盡我所能要給你最好的。
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you.
當(dāng)我靠近你時(shí)不要覺(jué)得感傷，生氣或無(wú)奈。
You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living.
你要緊挨著我如同我當(dāng)初幫著你展開(kāi)人生一樣的了解我，幫助我。
Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience.
扶我一把，用愛(ài)跟耐心幫我走完人生。
I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
我將用微笑和我始終不變無(wú)邊無(wú)際的愛(ài)來(lái)回報(bào)你。
I love you, son.
我愛(ài)你，孩子。

Your father
你的父親

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