給父親的一封信...他不知道我愛他(2)

You have always been the one person in my life I can count on. And despite our inability to put emotions into words, you have always been the first person I've come to when I've needed help.

您總是我生活中唯一依靠的一個人，儘管我們無法用語言表達情感,但是當我需要幫助時您總是第一個出現。

I remember when I came back from working in Africa and I broke down in tears in front of you. I'd been back for several days and spoken to other people about my experiences, but something deep inside was waiting for me to be with you before I could let it all out.

我記得從非洲工作回來時,在您面前淚流滿面。我已經回來好幾天了,跟別人談論我在那邊的經歷,但在我能說出所有的東西之前，在內心深處有些東西正等着我與您分享。

I remember that while my mother and your ex-wife spent most of my childhood writing me off, you nurtured the potential in me. I remember all the times she kicked me out of her home for this or that imagined infraction, and you would always take me in - no questions asked.

記得在我孩童時代，我的母親和您的前妻花費大部分都不管我,您卻在培養我的潛力。我記得每一次因爲這樣或那樣的猜測，她總把我驅趕出家門，您總是把我抱在懷中，什麼也不問。

You've taught me to believe in myself. You have showed me there are people in life who I can rely on. These lessons have made me resilient and they've allowed me to see the best in the world. They will stay with me even when you're gone.

您教我相信自己，您讓我知道生命中可以依賴誰，這些經驗讓我有活力並讓我看到世界上最美好的東西，即使您不在了他們仍然陪伴着我。

I'm getting married soon and I'm so glad you'll be here to see that. I hope you'll meet your grandchildren as well. I hope I can be as good a father to them as you were to me.

我很快就結婚了,很高興您也能看到，我希望您也能見見您的孫子，我希望我能像您對待我一樣也成爲一個好父親。

I wish I could tell you I love you and you could tell me you're proud. I wish these absurd notions of masculinity weren't so deeply ingrained in both of us. Maybe we will still see our way to that conversation before you go. But whatever the case, I just needed to say it - I love you, and thank you.

希望我能告訴您我愛您和您能告訴我您是驕傲的，我希望這些荒謬的大男子觀念不會在我們的觀念中根深蒂固。也許在您走之前，我們仍會以這樣的方式談話,。但不管怎樣,我需要說的是-我愛您,謝謝您。