祖母已老。

Grandma is now old，

但仍保持每晚做祷告的习惯

still keeps her habit of praying evening

用一种古老的方言

in an old dialect that we,

我们兄妹几乎无人能懂

her grandchildren, can’t understand.

我猜想耶稣也无法听懂

Jesus can’t either, I guess.

我在心里默默地为他祈祷：

For him I pray within myself:

主啊，是时候了，学习一门外语很重要

Lord, it’s time now. Learning a foreign language is important.

最好从苏北方言开始

Better start with the dialect of Northern Jiangsu.