Prayer for My Mother

孙玮玮

Dear God,
    Now I am no longer young. I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard those sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them.
    I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I appreciate her more each day. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is. How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence, but they flow easily from my pen.
    How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself; for the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child; for running after a toddler; for understanding a moody teenager; for tolerating a college student who knows everything; for waiting for the day when a daughter realizes how wise she really is? How deep a grown woman thank a mother for continuing to be a mother; for being ready with advise( when asked ) or remaining silent when it is most appreciated; for not saying〝 I told you so〞when she could have uttered these words dozens of time; for being essentially herself—loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
    I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine.

A Daughter

亲爱的上帝：
    现在的我早过了青春岁月，有些朋友的母亲已经辞世。我曾经无数次听他们遗憾地说起从未好好地向母亲表达过感激之情，待他们发觉时为时已晚。
    我很有福气，因为我的母亲仍健在。随着时间的推移，我对她的感激之情愈深。母亲并没有改变，是我变了。当我年龄愈大，知识愈多时，我意识到母亲是个多么了不起的人啊！虽然我不能当着她的面说出这些话，但能很自然地用笔写下这些文字。
    母亲给予我得太多了，我该从何处开始感谢她？她给予了我生命，辛苦地抚育我，给予我全部的爱和耐心。我蹒跚学步时，她小心地跟着。我步入青春期时敏感易怒，她能理解。她默默忍受上大学时自以为是的我。她期待着有一天她的女儿能发现母亲的睿智。而今，成年的我又该怎样感谢母亲？她一直都在努力做一个好母亲。她一直都会在我需要时给我建议，而当我为此向她表示感谢时她却保持沉默。她从不对我说“我不是已经告诉过你了吗？”，尽管她可以无数次的这样说。她一直都保持者自己的本色——仁慈、亲切、耐心、宽厚。
    亲爱的上帝，我不知道该怎么办，只好向您祈祷。请求您保佑我的母亲，并帮我变成像她那样的人。我祈祷我在我孩子的眼中能像母亲在我眼中那样出色。

一个女儿

[ 本帖最后由 孙玮玮 于 2008-10-31 10:21 编辑 ]

Cinderella

As I grow older and wiser,当我年龄愈大，知识愈多时???

有些朋友的母亲已经辞世。我曾经无数次听他们遗憾地说起从未...____ 我曾经无数次听“这些朋友们”遗憾地说起从未。。。

except to ask you to bless her as richly as she deserves————richly常与“deserve"连用，表示“完全应得”

下面这段我也试译了一下，呵呵
How deep a grown woman thank a mother for continuing to be a mother; for being ready with advise( when asked ) or remaining silent when it is most appreciated; for not saying〝 I told you so〞when she could have uttered these words dozens of time; for being essentially herself—loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
成年之后的我感谢她，因为她一直是我的母亲，无论我多年长；我感恩她，因为她随时乐意给予我建议，如果我愿向她咨询；却随时愿保持沉默，只要我愿她沉默。我感谢她，她本可能对我说上几十遍“我告诉过你”，却从未如此说过；我感恩她，因为她总是那样的一位母亲：慈爱、体谅、耐心而宽厚。

孙玮玮

恩,所言极是。看完点评茅塞顿开~~~


As I grow older and wiser 我渐渐成熟而且变得比以前更明智后

How deep a grown woman thank a mother for continuing to be a mother; for being ready with advise( when asked ) or remaining silent when it is most appreciated; for not saying〝 I told you so〞when she could have uttered these words dozens of time; for being essentially herself—loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
这一段因为我没理清结构，所以理解错了~~