父亲给儿子的信
A letter to ...
Dear son...
孩子…..
The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me …
哪天你看到我日渐老去,身体也渐渐不行,请耐著性子试著了解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience.
如果我吃的脏兮兮,如果我不会穿衣服……有耐性一点……
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗?
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me.
如果,当我一再重覆述说同样的事情…不要打断我,听我说…..
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
你小时候,我必须一遍又一遍的读著同样的故事,直到你静静睡著……..
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
当我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要责骂我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…
你记得小时后我曾编出多少理由,只为了哄你洗澡…..
When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
当你看到我对新科技的无知,给我一点时间,不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我…..…
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, 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…如何面对你的生命…….
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…
如果交谈中我忽然失忆不知所云,给我一点时间回想…
