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我的父亲与众不同

如果在你最尊敬的人死后，你发现他生前做过些不光彩的事，你还会对这个人充满敬意吗？如果所有的问题都可以用“是”或“否”来解答，人生就没有疑问了吗？

这是一篇悼词。故者是演说人最亲爱的父亲，他本不知道悼词要怎样写才能尽情展现自己父亲的完美，因为父亲生前实在完美得天衣无缝、无可挑剔。可他没有料到，一个侏儒男会出现在葬礼上，告知他他父亲生前一个“与众不同”的喜好，并以此为要挟加以勒索。他一时举足无措，在一片混乱中开始不停地重复：“我的父亲与众不同……”

本文原文出自英国影片《葬礼上的死亡》（Death at a Funeral）。



…My father was an exceptional man.

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…sending. 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, with Death always lingering around the corner.

And we do our best. We can't always do our best. My dad did it best. He always tried to tell me, you have to go for what you want in life, because you never know how long you're gonna be here. And whether you succeed or you fail, the most important thing is to have tried. A parent can only drive you in the right direction. In the end though, you've got to run for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.

So when you leave here today, I'd like you to remember my father for what he really was--a decent and loving man. If only we could be as giving and generous and understanding as my father was. Then the world would be a far better place.

……我的父亲与众不同。

我的父亲与众不同，他可能并不完美，但他是个好人，他爱我们。今天我想做的只是将他风风光光地……下葬，这要求很过分吗？

呃……也许……也许他有某些喜好。人生并不简单，它很复杂。我们只是都被扔进了一个杂乱纷扰的世界，一个充满疑问却没有答案的世界，一个死亡的阴影一直游荡在角落里的世界。

我们尽力了，却无法总是全力以赴。我父亲尽力了。他一直告诉我，你要一定去追求你今生想要的东西，因为你从来不知道你的生命能走多远。无论事成与否，最重要的是你努力过。父母只能为你指引正确的方向，而最后，你还是得自己去拼，去成长。

所以当你们今天离开时，我希望你们记住我父亲真实的样子——一个正派而充满爱心的人。如果我们能够像我父亲一样不计付出、慷慨大方、善解人意，那么这个世界会更加更加美好。
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