見過大風大浪，他心中的好是怎樣的呢？
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid;
主啊，請陶冶我的兒子，使他成為一個堅強的人，能夠知道自己什麼時候是軟弱的；使他成為一個勇敢的人，能夠在畏懼的時候認清自己，謀求補救；
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
使他在誠實的失敗之中，能夠自豪而不屈，在獲得成功之際，能夠謙遜而溫和。
proud(adj.)自豪的;得意的;驕傲的unbending(adj.)堅定的;固執的defeat(vt.)戰勝;使失敗;(n.)失敗;落敗humble(adj.)謙遜的gentle(adj.)溫和的;平緩的victory(n.)勝利;成功
Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds;
請陶冶我的兒子，使他不要以願望代替實際作為；
deed(n.)行為;事情
a son who will know Thee—and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
使他能夠認識主—並且曉得自知乃是知識的基石。
thee(pron.)你;thou的受格foundation(n.)基礎;創建;基金會
Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.
我祈求你，不要引導他走上安逸舒適的道路，而要讓他遭受困難與挑戰的磨鍊和策勵。
path(n.)路徑;小道ease(不可數n.)安逸;舒適;(v.)減輕;緩解comfort(不可數n.)舒適;安慰;富足;(vt.)安慰spur(n.;vt.)激勵;鞭策challenge(n.)挑戰;考驗
Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
讓他藉此學習在風暴之中挺立起來，讓他藉此學習對失敗的人加以同情。
compassion(不可數n.)同情;憐憫
Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
請陶冶我的兒子，使他的心地純潔，目標高超；在企圖駕馭他人之前，先能駕馭自己；對未來善加籌畫，但是永不忘記過去。
master(vt.)征服;精通;(n.)大師;名家seek(vt.)尋求;試圖reach(v.)到達;伸手及到
And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously.
在他把以上諸點都已做到之後，還請賜給他充分的幽默感，使他可以永遠保持嚴肅的態度，但絕不自視非凡，過於拘執。
sense(n.)官能;知覺humor(不可數n.)幽默seriously(adv.)嚴重地;認真地
Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength.
請賜給他謙遜，使他可以永遠記住真實偉大的樸實無華，真實智慧的虛懷若谷，和真實力量的溫和蘊藉。
humility(不可數n.)謙遜simplicity(不可數n.)純樸;天真;簡單meekness(n.)謙和;溫順
Then, I, his father, will dare to whisper, “I have not lived in vain.”
然後，作為他的父親的我，才敢低聲說道：「我已不虛此生！」
dare(v.)敢於;膽敢whisper(v.)小聲說話;低語in vain徒勞地;枉然地;無用地