主啊！求你塑造我的兒子，

使他夠堅強到能認識自己的軟弱；

夠勇敢到能面對懼怕；

在誠實的失敗中，仍舊保持信心而不氣餒；

在勝利中，仍舊保持謙遜而溫和。

"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.

懇求塑造我的兒子，

不至空有理想而缺乏行動；

引導他認識你，同時認識自己

 乃是智慧的開端。

Build me a son

whose wishes will not take the place of deeds;

a son who will know Thee…… and that

我祈禱，

祈求你引導他不求安逸、舒適，

使他經歷困難和挑戰的磨練，

讓他學習在風暴中站立的住，

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 that fail.

求你塑造我的兒子，

心地清潔，

目標遠大；

使他在指揮別人之前，先駕馭好自己；

永不忘記過去的教訓，

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,

　當他擁有以上的一切之後，

我禱求，再賜他具有足夠的幽默感，

使他能經常認真嚴肅，

And after all these things are his,

add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor,

so that he may always be serious,

　賜給他謙卑，

使他永遠記牢，

真偉大的平凡，

真智慧的開明，

真力量的溫柔。

Give him humility,

so that he may always remember

the simplicity of true greatness,

the open mind of true wisdom

如此，我這作父親的，

才敢低聲說：「我沒有虛度此生。」　

Then, I, his father will dare to