我心目中的英雄
My father was my hero,throughout my life.
我父親是我的英雄,在我一生從未改變。
The father of eight children,he saw his share of strife.
身為八個(gè)孩子的父親,他清楚自己的重任。
When I was very little,he appeared to be so large.
但我還是小不點(diǎn),他顯得是如此高大。
He was a man of great strength both physically and in the mind,
他的身心都蘊(yùn)藏著無窮的力量,
but in him there was gentleness,he found ways to be outgoing and kind.
但他也溫柔,能讓人感到他友善直爽。
Many days of childhood were greeted with a kiss,
兒時(shí)的許多清晨,我都被他的親吻
and songs to me as I awoke,those days I surely miss.
和歌聲喚醒,那些日子令我懷念萬分。
I knew I had my father's love.It gave me courage to do anything.
我知道我擁有父親的愛這愛給我勇氣去做,去闖。
From him I learned to stand up tall, to be proud of who I am.
從他那里我學(xué)會了昂首挺胸,為自己驕傲。
Strength and deter- mination were the qualities of this fine man.
力量和決心大造出了這位優(yōu)秀的男人。
As the years of his life dwindled that strength kept him alive.
雖然日漸衰老,但他的力量使我活力依然。
Plus the unfailing determination
還有他堅(jiān)決的決心,
to help my ailing mother have the care she needed to survive.
讓我體弱多病的母親得到她需要的關(guān)愛繼續(xù)留在人間。
Day and night he struggled for years with her disease.
為了她的疾病,多少年的日日夜夜他都在奮力抗?fàn)帯?/p>
With illness of his own,
雖然他有自己的病痛。
he still stood by her side caring for her and loving her
但他一直守在她的身邊關(guān)照她,愛她,
until the day she died.
直到她永遠(yuǎn)和上了眼。
Twenty days later his own time was at an end.
二十天后他的生命也走到了盡頭。
I lost my hero,my father, a man who was my friend.
我失去了我的英雄,我的朋友。
A few years have passed, and life just isn't the same.
幾年過去了,生活已是另一番風(fēng)景。
But as Father's Day approaches, I will celebrate his name.
但隨著父親節(jié)的來臨,我要頌揚(yáng)他的美名。
For I am my father's daughter, one day we will meet again.
因?yàn)槲沂俏腋赣H的女兒總有一天我們會重逢。
But until them I will remember, and the love will never end.
但在此以前我會懷念他,會永遠(yuǎn)愛他。