Dear Old Dad!

Today I translated an anonymous poem into English.

Happy Father's Day to all!

When I was in deep sleep

Someone was moving his hand

Slowly and gently over my forehead.

When I got up in the morning

Someone put his arms around me,

Gave me a kiss and left for work.

While, in the evening,

My Mom was upset and scolding me,

Someone was trying to please me.

Someone travelled all day

In the sun in order to

Provide me with an AC room.

Everyone in my family loved me

But someone loved me dearly

Without letting me know.

Someone loved to eat sweets

But what he loved most was

To feed them to me first.  

Someone would forget his

Own worries to see me happy,

To see me smiling.

Someone worked non-stop,

At considerable cost to his heath,

All to pay for my happiness.

All the hopes and dreams were mine

But someone else was trying

To actualize them.

When I was about to leave home,

I minded leaving my parents

But someone sat shedding tears at it.  

I doubt if I could fulfill

My duties towards my parents

But someone did his unconditionally.

He was my dear old Dad,

My dear, dear Dad!

-                                                                                   By Ramesh Tiwari