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.