介绍:
The Day That You See Me Old
等你看到我老了……
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，你若是看到我日渐衰老，身体渐渐不行，请耐心一点儿，试着理解我一下……
If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.
如果我吃的脏兮兮，如果我自己穿不上衣服……请耐心一点儿……
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
请记得我曾教会你所有这一切的时光。
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me.
如果，在我和你说话时，我唠唠叨叨…请不要打断我，请听我说….
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
在你小的时候，为了哄你睡，我必须一遍又一遍地读着同一个故事…….
假如我不太愿意洗澡，不要羞辱我，更不要责骂我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
记得你小时候，为了让你回家冲凉，我要编出多少理由追着你跑….你会看到我对新科技一无所知，请给我一些耐心，别一脸嘲笑地看不起我。
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dress well… to confront life…
我教会了你多少事情啊….吃好、穿好、过好生活……
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…
或许有时我会忽然失忆，谈话时忽然不知所云……请给我一点时间去回想…万一我无能为力，请不要紧张….因为最重要的其实并不是我要说什么，而是能和你在一块儿，而你愿意倾听….
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
或许，我并不想吃什么，请不要勉强我。什么时候该吃，什么时候不该吃，我都清楚的。
When my tired legs do not allow me walk… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
或许，我疲倦的双腿会不听使唤….记得扶我一把….就如同当初我扶着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…
若是有一天我忽然告诉你，我不想再活下去了……我说我想死….请不要生气….总有一天，你会明白的…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
要知道，那时的我已是风烛残年，来日无多。
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.
有一天你会发现，尽管我也有很多过错，但我总希望能给你最好的，能安排最好的路给你。
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you.
You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living.
Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience.
I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
在我靠近你的时候，请不要觉得难受、生气，或是觉得无助。
相反，你要靠近我，理解我，像当初我带你成长一样帮助我。
扶我走路，用爱和忍耐助我走完最后一程。
而我，作为回报，将会给你最后的微笑和我始终不变的——无尽的爱。
I love you son…
我爱你孩子
Your father
你的父亲
中文译文：兰晓峰
中英诵读：兰晓峰
背景配乐：You Raise Me Up
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