28 Oct 2010

The last eulogy in the death at funeral

跟大家分享超完美告別中,最後死者小兒子對遺族說的一番話

Daniel:
My father was an exceptional man! He may not have been a perfect man, but he was a good man, and he loved us. All I wanted to do today was to give him a dignified send-off. Is that really so much to ask? So, maybe, maybe he had some things he liked to do.

Life isn't simple, it's complicated. We're all just thrown in here together, in a world full of chaos and confusion, a world full of questions and no answers, death always lingering around the corner, and we do our best. We can't only do our best, and my dad did his best. He always tried to tell me that you have to go for what you want in life because you never know how long you're going to be here. And whether you succeed or you fail, the most important thing is to have tried.

And apparently no one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself. So when you all leave here today, I would like you to remember my father for who he really was: a decent, loving man. If only we could be as giving and generous and as understanding as my father was. Then the world would be a far better place.

我父親是個了不起的人!
他或許不甚完美但他是個好人他愛我們,
我想讓他有尊嚴地一路好走這個要求太過分嗎?
也許,也許他有自己的癖好,
人生不單純,是很複雜的我們都不能選擇,被捲入這個,
混亂又困惑的世界充滿疑問又得不到答案死神永遠在周遭徘徊
我們盡力做好本分。
我們只能盡力而為我爸已經盡了力,
他跟我說人生要順自己的意去過因為不知道自己能活多久也不知道會成功或失敗,
最重要的是你'嘗試過了。
沒有人能指引你往正確的方向,最後你還是得自己學習,
你要自己成長。
等你們今天離開這裡之後我希望你們記得我父親的為人,
他的正直與慈愛只要我們能和我父親一樣,
樂於付出又慷慨體貼,
這個世界就會變得更好了。

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