主啊！求你塑造我的儿子，

 使他坚强到能够认识自己的软弱；
勇敢到能够面对惧怕；
 在诚实的失败中，毫不气馁；
 在胜利中，仍保持谦逊温和。

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; 

one who will be proud 

and unbending in honest defeat, 

and humble and gentle in victory.

 不至空有幻想而缺乏行动；
 引导他认识你，同时又知道，
 认识自己乃是知识的基石。

Build me a son whose wishes 

will not take the place of deeds;

 a son who will know Thee -- 

and that to know himself is the 

foundation stone of knowledge.

 愿你引导他不求安逸、舒适，
 相反的，经过压力、艰难和挑战，
 学习在风暴中挺身站立，
并学会怜悯那些

     在重压之下失败的人。

Lead him, I pray, 

not in the path of ease and comfort,

 but under the stress 

and spur of difficulties 

and challenge. 

Here let him learn to 

stand up in the storm; 

here let him learn compassion 

for those who fail.

   求你塑造我的儿子，

 心地纯洁，
 目标远大；
 使他在指挥别人之前，
 先懂得驾驭自己；
 永不忘记过去的教训，
 又能伸展未来的理想。

 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.

 我还要祈求，赐他足够的幽默感，
 使他能够认真严肃，
 却不致过分苛求自己；
 恳求赐他谦卑，
 使他永远牢记：
 真正伟大中的平凡，
 真正智慧中的开明，
 真正勇力中的温柔。

And after all these thing are his, 

add, I pray, 

enough of a sense of humor,

 so that he may always be serious, 

yet never take himself too seriously. 

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.

我这作父亲的，

 才敢低声说：

“我没有虚度此生。”

Then I,

 his father,

 will dare to whisper, 

"I have not lived in vain!"