我小的时候，父母一看到先生们折磨我就显得很高兴；
虽然我很怕受罚，时时刻刻都在不停地向您祈祷求救。
My parents seemed to be amused
at the torments inflicted upon me as a boy by my masters,
though I was no less afraid of my punishments or
zealous in my prayers to You for deliverance.
然而，尽管我诚惶诚恐，仍难免过失，
因为我在读书，写字或者学习方面总是完不成所规定的任务。
But in spite of my terrors I still did wrong,
by writing or reading or studying less than my set tasks.
主啊，我并不是心力不足或记忆不佳，
因为按我的年纪应具有的智力您都赐予了我，
但我却贪恋玩耍，
为此我不知受了大人们多少处罚，
其实他们的行为与我毫无二致。
It was not, Lord, that I lacked mind or memory,
for You had given me as much of these as my age required;
but the one thing I revelled in was play;
and for this I was punished by men
who after all were doing exactly the same things themselves.
然而大人们称游荡为正事，
小孩们游荡尽管与之完全相同，却要受到大人的责罚；
而且见不到一个人可怜这些孩子或成人。
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