“M” is for the million things she gave me,

　　M 代表着母亲给予了我们一切，

　　“O” means only that she is growing old,

　　O 意味着与此同时她正在衰老，

　　“T” is for the tears she shed to save me,

　　T 象征着她为了拯救我们流的泪，

　　“H” is for her heart of purest gold,

　　H 表明了她最无私最伟大的心灵，

　　“E” is for her eyes,with love-light shining,

　　E 是她充满着爱万分温柔的眼神，

　　“R” means right,and right she will always be.

　　R 说明着正确，并且代表着她永恒的真理。

　　Put them all together,

　　把他们和在一起，

　　they spell “MOTHER”,

　　便是母亲，

　　A word that means the world to me.

　　一个代表着最无私最伟大的

　　给予了我所有全部的词。

　　Howard Johnson(c.1915)

（编辑：何莹莹）