My Father

When I was:
Four years old: My daddy can do anything.
Five years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.
Six years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.
Eight years old: My dad doesn't know exactly everything.
Ten years old: In the olden days, when my dad grew up, things were sure different.
Twelve years old: Oh, well, naturally, Dad doesn't know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.
Fourteen years old: Don't pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned¹.
Twenty-one years old: Him? My Lord², he's hopelessly out of date.
Twenty-five years old: Dad knows about it, but then he should, because he has been around so long.
Thirty years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he's had a lot of experience.
Thirty-five years old: I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
Forty years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise.
Fifty years old: I'd give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn't appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned³ a lot from him.

Writer Unknown

中文翻译：

我的爸爸

当我四岁的时候：爸爸可以做任何事。
当我五岁的时候：爸爸知道的很多。
当我六岁的时候：我爸爸比你爸爸聪明。
当我八岁的时候：爸爸并不是知道每一件事。
当我十岁的时候：在爸爸成长的旧日里，事情和现在完全不同。
当我十二岁的时候：哦，很显然，爸爸对于那件事什么也不知道。他太老了，回忆不起自己的童年了。
当我十四岁的时候：别管我爸爸。他太守旧了。
当我二十一岁的时候：他？上帝，他是无可救药地过时了。
当我二十五岁的时候：爸爸对此了解，但是这是他应该了解的，因为他已经经历了这么多。
当我三十岁的时候：也许我们该问问爸爸他是怎么想的。毕竟他有很多经验。
当我三十五岁的时候：除非我和爸爸谈谈，否则我不能做任何事。
当我四十岁的时候：我想知道爸爸会怎样处理这件事。他是如此明智。
当我五十岁的时候：如果爸爸在这，我会把所有的东西都给他。太遗憾了，我没有意识到他是多么明智。我本能从他身上学到更多。