And how often, when meditating on this, does he enter your chamber while you are asleep, and stand there, lamp in hand, gazing at you; and then he makes an effort, and weary and sad as he is, he returns to his labor; and neither do you know that he often seeks you and remains with you because he has a bitterness in his heart, sorrows which attack all men in the world, and he seeks you as a friend, to obtain consolation himself and forgetfulness, and he feels the need of taking refuge in your affection, to recover his serenity and his courage: think, then, what must be his sorrow, when instead of finding in you affection, he finds coldness and disrespect!

在这种时候，他带排了灯走进你的寝室，偷看你的题态，回来再努力地继续工作。世界忧患尽多，父亲见你在侧也就把忧患忘了。这就是想在你的爱情中，求得安慰，恢复元气。所以，如果你待父亲冷淡，父亲失去了你的爱慕将怎样悲哀啊。

Never again stain yourself with this horrible ingratitude! Reflect, that were you as good as a saint, you could never repay him sufficiently for what he has done and for what he is constantly doing for you. And reflect, also, we cannot count on life; a misfortune might remove your father while you are still a boy, in two years, in three months, tomorrow. Ah, my poor Enrico, when you see all about you changing, how empty, how desolate the house will appear, with your poor mother clothed in black! Go, my son, go to your father; he is in his room at work; go on tiptoe, so that he may not hear you enter; go and lay your forehead on his knees, and beseech him to pardon and to bless you.

切不可再以忘恩之罪把自己玷污了啊！你就算是个圣者样的人，也不足报答父亲的辛苦，并且，人生很不可靠，在什么时候发生什么事情，是料不到的。父亲或许在你还幼小的时候就不幸死了——在三年以后，二年以前或许就在明天，都说不定。啊！安利柯！如果父亲死了，母亲着了丧服了，家中将非常寂寞，空虚得如空屋一样吧！快！到父于那里去！父亲在房间里工作着呢。静静地进去，把头俯在父亲膝上，求父亲饶恕你，祝福你。

THY MOTHER.

母亲