Dear son...
The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me …
If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience.
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one
times… do not interrupt me… listen to me
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…
When yousee my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dress well… to confront life…
When at some moment I lose 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…
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
When my tired legs do not allow me walk...
… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
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.
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..
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.
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.
I love you son…
Your father
译文:
父亲给儿子的一封信【RD外传】
孩子，
如果有一天我年华老去，变得体力不支时，请给些耐心，并试着理解我……
如果我吃东西时弄脏了，如果我不能穿衣服了，给些耐心。
要记住，昔日，我曾花时间教会你这些。
如果我和你千遍万遍地重复讲着同样的话，不要打断我。
在你小的时候，我曾经千遍万遍地为你讲故事，直到你睡着……
如果我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我或责骂我。
要记住，曾经我追着你跑，并编出千万种借口哄你洗澡……
如果你看到我不懂得新兴的科技，给我一些时间接受，不要嘲弄似地笑话我……
我教会了你这么多东西：教你吃饭，教你穿好衣服，教你如何面对生活……
如果有时我变成记忆不清或跟不上我们的对话思路，让我有时间回想。如果我不能想起来，不要紧张。
因为最重要的不是我说的话，最重要的一定是想和你在一起，并想让你听我说说话……
如果有时我不想吃饭，不要逼我。因为我知道自己需不需要进食。
如果我劳累的腿已经走不动了，用你的手搀扶我吧，就像你儿时刚学走路，我搀扶你一样。
如果有一天我告诉你说，我不想再活在世上了，我想去死……别生气，有一天你会明白的。
要明白，我到了这个年龄，已经时日不多了。
有一天你会发现，尽管我会犯些错误，但我总是把最好的东西留给你，并想办法为你铺好路……
当我靠近你时，不要感到悲伤、生气或是无能为力。你要伴我左右，试着理解我，并扶助我，就像我一开始教你如何生活一样。
扶着我走路，用爱和耐心帮我走完剩下的日子。我将用微笑和一直不变的无尽的爱回报你。
我爱你，孩子。
你的父亲