行年欲四十,有女曰金鑾。I am pushing 40, and I have my first bady girl: Jinluan.
生來始週歲,學坐未能言。She is now one year old, learning to sit but not yet to speak.
慚非達者懷,未免俗情憐。I am an ordinary father, a doting father just like others.
從此累身外,徒雲慰目前。Now I have a burden to bear; the only compensation is my pleasure from her.
若無夭折患,則有婚嫁牽。Should nothing happen to her, I would worry about her marriage someday.
使我歸山計,應遲十五年。Hence, my retirement plan may be prolonged for another fifteen years.