只要你幸福就好(雙語美文)

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse.

我們竭盡全力想讓我們的兒女們過得更好，而結果卻是適得其反。

For my grandchildren, I d know better.

對我的孫輩們，我就明智得多了。

I'd really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf.

我真的希望他們能夠了解什麼是兄長傳下來的舊衣服，家制的冰淇淋，以及吃剩的肉糕。

I really would.

我真的希望。

My cherished grandson,

我的寶貝孫子，

I hope you learn humility by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking.

我希望你在經受失敗的考驗之後能學會謙卑，也希望你能學會誠實，即使在沒有人注視你的時候。

I hope you learn to make your bed ,

我希望你能學會自己疊被子，

and mow the lawn and wash the car-and I hope nobody gives you a brand-new car when you are sixteen.

自己刈草坪，自己洗車--我還希望在你滿十六歲時沒有人送給你一輛嶄新的轎車。

It will be good if at least one time you can see a baby calf born,

假如你至少有一次機會看見小牛犢出生，

and you have a good friend to be with you if you ever have to put your old dog to sleep.

假如你不得不爲你的老狗送終，那時有一位好朋友在場爲你作伴--那樣該有多好啊！

I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.

我希望你能爲自己的所信仰與人鬥得眼青臉腫。

I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother.

我希望你能和你弟弟共一間臥室。

And it is all right to draw a line down the middle of the room,

即使你在臥室中間劃一條分界線也沒關係。

but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he s scared, I hope you ll let him.

可是，當弟弟因爲害怕而要爬進你的被窩時，我希望你會接納他。

And when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tag along,I hope you take him.

當你要出去看迪斯尼電影，你的小弟弟想做你的小尾巴時，我希望你能帶上他。

I hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.

我希望你能和朋友們一起爬山，而在你所生活的城市裏做這項運動不會有什麼危險。

If you want a slingshot, I hope your father teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.

如果你想要一把彈弓，我希望你父親能教你怎樣自己做一把，而不是爲你買一把現成的。

I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers,

我還希望你能學會挖泥巴和讀書；而當你學會使用電腦時，

you also learn how to add and subtract in your head.

你也應該學會加減法的心算。

I hope you get razzed by friends when you have your first crush on a girl,

當你第一次戀上一個女孩時，我希望你會受到朋友們的嘲弄；

and that when you talk back to your mother you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.

而當你跟你母親頂嘴時，希望她叫你嘗一嘗象牙肥皂的滋味。

May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.

但願你能在爬山時弄破膝蓋上的皮，或者在爐子上燒傷手，或者讓舌頭粘在結冰的旗杆上。

I hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face.

我希望吸菸者對着你的臉上噴吐煙霧時，你會感到噁心。

I don t care if you try beer once, but I hope you won t like it.

如果你嘗試喝一次啤酒，我不會在意；但是我希望你不會喜歡上它。

And if a friend offers you a joint or any drugs, I hope you are smart enough to realize that person is not your friend.

如果有一位朋友請你吸一口含大麻的香菸，或者任何毒品，我希望你明智地意識到他不是你的朋友。

I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.

我當然希望你能抽時間來陪你爺爺在門廊上坐一坐，或者陪你叔叔釣釣魚。

I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor s window,

如果你把捧球扔進了鄰居的窗戶，我希望你母親懲罰你。

and that she hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of pared mold of your hand.

如果你能剪掉指甲，用石膏做一隻自己的手的模型送給你媽，我希望她會給你擁抱和親吻。

These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.

我希望你能經歷：艱難的歲月，挫折和失望；希望你努力工作，幸福快樂.