내게 이런 아들을 주옵소서
약할 떄에 자기를 돌아볼 줄 아는 여유와
두려울 때에 자신을 잃지 않는 대담성을
정직한 패배에 부끄러워하지 않고 태연하며
승리에 겸손하고 온유한 아들을 내게 주옵소서
생각할 때에 고집하지 않게 하시고
주를 알고
자신을 아는 것이 지식의 기초임을
아는 아들을 내게 허락하옵소서
원하옵나니 그를
평탄하고 안이한 길로 인도하지 마옵시고
고난에 직면하여 분투 항거할 줄 알도록
인도하여 주옵소서
그리하여 폭풍이 속에선 용감히 싸울 줄 알고
패자를 관용할 줄 알도록 가르쳐주옵소서
그 마음이 깨끗하고 그 목표가 높은 아들을
남을 정복하려고 하기 전에 먼저
자신을 다스릴 줄 아는 아들을
장래를 바라봄과 동시에 지난날을 잊지 않는
아들을 내게 주옵소서
이런 것들을 허락하신 다음
내 아들에게 유머를 알게 하시고
생을 엄숙하게 살아감과 동시에
생을 즐길 줄 알게 하옵소서
자신에 지나치게 집착하지 말게 하시고
겸허한 마음을 갖게 하사
참된 위대성은 소박함에 있음을 알게 하시고
참된 지혜는 열린 마음에 있으며
힘은 온유함에 있음을 명심하게 하옵소서
그리하여 나 아버지는 어느 날 내 인생을 헛되이 살지 않았노라고
고백할 수 있도록 도와주옵소서.
-미국의 더글라스 맥아더 장군의 '아버지의 기도'
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A Father’s Prayer
by General Douglas MacArthur
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.
Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds;
A son who will know Thee – and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
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.
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, yet never forget the past.
And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength.
Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain."
by General Douglas MacArthur
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.
Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds;
A son who will know Thee – and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
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.
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, yet never forget the past.
And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength.
Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain."
