My Father

When I was 4 years old
My daddy can do anything.
When I was 5 years old
My daddy knows a whole lot.
When I was 6 years old
My dad is smarter than your dad.
When I was 8 years old
My dad doesn’t know exactly everything.
When I was 10 years old
In the olden days when my dad grew up,
Things were sure different.
When I was 12 years old
Oh,well,naturally,
Dad doesn’t know anything about that.
He is too old to remember his childhood.
When I was 14 years old
Don’t pay any attention to my dad.
He is so old-fashioned.
When I was 21 years old
Him my Lord,he’s hopelessly out of date.
When I was 25 years old
Dad knows about it ,but then he should,
Because he has been around so long.
When I was 30 years old
Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks.
After all,he’s had a lot of experience.
When I was 40 years old
I wonder how Dad would have handled it.
He was so wise.
When I was 50 years old
I’d give anything if Dad were here now
So I could talk this over with him.
Too bad I didn’t appreciate
How smart he was.
I could have learned a lot fome him.


      当我4岁时，我眼里的父亲是个超人，任何事都难不倒他

      当我5岁时，我觉得父亲知天下事；
 
      当我6岁时，我认为父亲比任何人的父亲都英明神武；
 
      当我8岁时，我发现原来父亲也会有不懂的事；
 
      当我10岁时，突然发现所有的事情，发生了大变化；
 
      当我12岁时，哎！很自然，我觉得，
      父亲不知道的事情已经很多很多了，
      他几乎一直只在记着童年发生的事。

      当我14岁时，我不愿再听父亲的话，
      总觉得他的想法已属60年代；

      当我20岁时，天是王大，我是王二；
 
      当我30岁时，我开始回去和父亲谈论生活，
      因为发现还是他经验丰富；

      当我40岁时，还是觉得父亲处理事情英明果断；
 
      当我50岁时，终于在心底承认，父亲还是父亲，永远是我的导师。