Dear son...
親愛的兒子...
The day that you see me old and I am already not healthy, have patience and try to understand me …
哪天當你看到我日漸老去，身體也漸漸不行，請耐著性子，試著瞭解我...
If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience....
如果我吃的髒兮兮，甚至已不會穿衣服 耐心一點兒...
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
你記得我曾經花了多少時間，教你這些事嗎?
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
當我不想洗澡 不要羞辱我也不要責罵我...
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
你小時候，我必須一遍又一遍地，讀著同樣的故事，直到你靜靜睡著...
when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me...
當我一再重複，說著同樣的事情，請你不要打斷我，聽我說...
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…
你記得小時候，我曾經編出多少理由，只為了哄你洗澡...
When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
當你看到我對新科技一無所知 給我一點時間，不要嘲笑我...
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dress well… to confront life…
我曾經教會了你多少事情啊，如何好好地吃，好好的穿，如何面對你的生命...
When at some moment I lost 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，不知道該說什麼了，給我一些時間想想... 如果我還是無能為力，不要緊張...對我而言，重要的不是說話，而是能跟你在一起以及你的傾聽...
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
當我不想吃東西時，不要勉強我，我清楚知道該什麼時候進食...
When my tired legs do not allow me walk... give me your hand…the same way I did when you gave your first steps...
當我的腿不聽使喚，扶我一把...就像我當初扶著你，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… Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived...
當哪天我告訴你，我不想再活下去了... 不要生氣，總有一天，你會了解...試著瞭解我，已風燭殘年，來日可數...
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...
有一天你會發現，即使我有許多過錯，我總是盡我所能，給你最好的...
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...
當我靠近你時，不要覺得感傷、生氣或埋怨...你要緊挨著我，如同當初我幫著你展開人生一樣的——瞭解我、幫我 ...
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...
扶我一把，用愛和耐心，幫我走完人生...我將用微笑和我始終不變的愛，來回報你 ...
I love you son…
我愛你，我的孩子...
Your father
你的父親
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