你來到人世，她抱你在懷。你報答她，哭得天昏地暗；你5歲時，節日里她給你盛妝打扮。你報答她，撲通一聲摔進旁邊的泥巴里；……你15歲時，她下班回到家，期望有人擁抱她。你報答她，把房門反鎖不理她；……你25歲，她為你籌辦婚禮，哭著說深深愛你。你報答她，安家離她千萬里；……你50歲，她病倒需要你照顧。你報答她，抱怨父母成負擔；……她永遠的離你而去，你才發現，原來她是這個世界上最深愛你的人。她，就是那個被你稱為"母親"的人，就是那個你生命中誰也無法替代的人。
Those
teenage years Growing old and gray
Those childhood
days
When you came into the world, she held you in her arms.
You thanked her by weeping your eyes out.
When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.
You thanked her by
crying all night long.
When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.
You thanked her by
running away when she called.
When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love.
You thanked
her by tossing your plate on the floor.
When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons.
You thanked her by
coloring the dining room table.
When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays.
You thanked
her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud.
When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school.
You thanked her by
screaming, "I'm not going!"
When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball.
You thanked
her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor's window.
When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream.
You thanked her by
dripping it all over your lap.
When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons.
You thanked her by
never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics
to ne birthday party after another.
You thanked her by jumping out of the car
and never looking back.
When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the
movies.
You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV
shows.
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
