I Counted Your Wrinkles

Daddy I counted your wrinkles today

爸爸，我今天数了你的皱纹

One two three four five six seven

一，二，三，四，五，六，七

I counted them all I didn't miss a one I'd say

我全都数了一遍，敢说一个都没漏掉

Each one is a road you've been

每一道都是你走过的路

We were on the couch she was sitting in my lap

我们窝在沙发里，她坐在我的膝头

Tracing her little finger on my face like a map

她的小手指在我脸上描画，像在描摹地图

She touched my forehead then my eyes then the corners of my mouth

她摸了摸我的额头，接着是眼睛，还有嘴角

Said Daddy I'm counting one two three four going south

她说：爸爸，我正从上往下数着，一二三四

I said baby what you counting she said your stories can't you see

我问：宝贝你在数什么？她说：在数你的故事呀，你瞧

Each line is a tale that's been written on thee

每一道纹路，都是写在你脸上的故事

She said this one's from laughing this one's from crying

她说：这道是因为爱笑，这道是因为哭过

This one's from worrying when I was sick and dying

这道是以前我病得厉害时，你担惊受怕留下的

She said Daddy you've got so many stories on your face

她说：爸爸，你脸上藏着好多好多的故事

I said baby I've lived a lot in this old place

我说：宝贝，这辈子我确实经历了不少

Daddy I counted your wrinkles today

爸爸，我今天数了你的皱纹

One two three four five six seven

一，二，三，四，五，六，七

I counted them all I didn't miss a one I'd say

我全都数了一遍，敢说一个都没漏掉

Each one is a road you've been

每一道都是你走过的路

She said Daddy are you old I said I'm getting there

她问：爸爸你老了吗？我说：差不多快喽

She said that's good cause old means you've got stories to share

她说：那挺好，因为变老意味着你有故事可以分享

She said the men with smooth faces haven't lived yet

她说：那些脸庞光洁的人，还没真正活过

They haven't loved or lost or laughed or cried or fret

他们没爱过，没失去过，没笑过，没哭过，也没愁过

She said I hope I get wrinkles just like you

她说：我希望以后也能像你一样，长满皱纹

So I can show the world all the things I've been through

这样我就能向世界展示，我所经历的一切

And I sat there while she counted every line on my face

我静静坐着，任由她数着我脸上的每一道纹路

Feeling like my aging wasn't a disgrace

突然觉得，衰老并不是什么难堪的事

But a collection of moments that my daughter could read

而是女儿能读懂的，无数瞬间的集合

Like a library of love that my skin had agreed

像是一座爱的图书馆，在我的皮肤上悄然落成

Daddy I counted your wrinkles today

爸爸，我今天数了你的皱纹

One two three four five six seven

一，二，三，四，五，六，七

I counted them all I didn't miss a one I'd say

我全都数了一遍，敢说一个都没漏掉

Each one is a road you've been

每一道都是你走过的路

And I looked in the mirror that night really looked for the first time

那天晚上我照了镜子，那是第一次真正审视自己

Saw the lines not as failures but as chapters in a line

不再把皱纹看作失败，而是生命轨迹里的篇章

She'd reframed my whole life with a finger and a count

她只用指尖轻轻一数，就重塑了我的一生

Turned my fear of aging into a story's amount

将我对衰老的恐惧，化作了故事的积淀

EVERY wrinkle was a memory she'd helped me reclaim

每一道皱纹都是一段记忆，是她帮我重新拾起

Every line was a love letter written in my name

每一条纹路都是一封情书，为我而写

And I stopped trying to erase them stopped trying to hide

我不再试图抹去它们，不再想要躲藏

Cause my daughter saw them as the map of my pride

因为在女儿眼里，那是我骄傲的地图

Daddy I counted your wrinkles today

爸爸，我今天数了你的皱纹

One two three four five six seven

一，二，三，四，五，六，七

I counted them all I didn't miss a one I'd say

我全都数了一遍，敢说一个都没漏掉

Each one is a road you've been

每一道都是你走过的路