On the top shelf in the closet, 就在衣柜最上面的架子，

In the workshop where he spent his extra time 在那里他度过了他额外的时间车间

Was a dust wooden box that I had never noticed till that time 是灰尘的木盒，我从来没有注意过，直到那个时候

And we set on the table and carefully, we opened up the top 我们设定在桌子上，仔细，我们开辟了顶

And stared into the memory ，凝视着记忆

Daddy kept inside the box 爸爸保持箱内

   

There was a letter from mamma, when she went out to Reno 有来自妈妈的一封信，当她出去里诺

To help her sister out in 62 为了帮助她的姐姐在62

And a flower from Hawaii, when they went on vacation 从夏威夷，一朵花，当他们去度假

It was the first time that my Daddy ever flew 这是第一次，我的爸爸曾飞过

   

And the pocket knife I gave to him on Fathers day 和小刀我给他的父亲节

Years ago, I thought it had been lost 几年前，我还以为它已经遗失

We all thought his heart was made from solid rock 大家都以为他的心脏是由坚固的岩石制成

But that was long before we found the box 不过那是很久以前，我们发现盒子

   

I guess we always knew it but "I love you" was hard for him to say 我想我们一直都知道，但“我爱你”是他很难说

Some men show it easy and some just never seem to find the way 有些男人表现出来容易，有的只是似乎从来没有找到路

But that night I began to see the softer side of some I had lost 但是那天晚上我开始看到一些我已经失去了温柔的一面

I saw the love he kept inside the first time we opened up the box 只见他不停地在第一时间，我们打开了盒子里的爱

   

There was a picture that was taken, when he and Mom were dating 有拍摄的一张照片，当他和妈妈约会

Standing by his 1944, and the faded leather Bible, he got when he was baptised 他1944年站着，而褪皮的圣经，他得到了他受洗

I guess no one understood him like the Lord 我想没有人了解他，正如耶和华

   

And the poem that he had written, about his wife and children 而且他写的，他的妻子和孩子的诗

The tender words he spoke were quite a shock 他谈到本次招标的话是相当震撼

   

We all thought his heart was made of solid rock 大家都以为他的心脏迈出了坚实的岩石

But that was long before we found the box 不过那是很久以前，我们发现盒子

Yes that was long before we found the box 是的，这是很久之前，我们发现盒子