Dear son...

小孩…

The day that you see me old and I am already not， have patience and try to understand me …

有一天，你看到我老了，我的身体也不好了。请耐心试着了解我。……

If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.

假如我吃脏了，假如我不能穿衣服……有耐心一点……

Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.

你还记得我花了多长时间教你这些东西吗？

If， when I speak to you，I repeat the same things thousand and one times…

如果，在我一遍又一遍

Do not interrupt me… listen to me

同样的事情…别打断我，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…

当你还是个孩子的时候，我必须一遍又一遍地读同样的故事，直到你静静地睡着……..

When I do not want to have a shower，neither shame me nor scold me…

我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我，也不要骂我……

Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath…

你还记得我小时候编了多少个理由，只是为了哄你洗澡…..

When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…

当你看到我对新技术的无知时，给我一些时间，不要对我微笑

I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to dress well… to confront life…

我教了你很多东西。….怎么吃好，穿好…

如何面对你的生活……

When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation…

假如我在谈话中突然失忆不明，

let me have the necessary time to remember…

给我一点回忆的时间…

and if I cannot do it，

假如我还是无能为力，

请不要紧张…..

as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…

对我来说，重要的不是对话，而是和你在一起，和你一起倾听…..