ENGLISH: For Mom – a birthday poem
Happy birthday, Mom, from your dear daughter! As you would put me first, so I now you, Pleased to have this chance to change the order, Pleased to please your heart in all I do. Yield, then, for this day the joy of giving; Be a receiver temporarily, Inverting your accustomed way of living, Returning [...]
ENGLISH: For Mother – a birthday poem
Happy birthday, Mother, Even though you might prefer Life without these markers, Each too public to defer. Now that you are fifty, Sing to us your own sweet song, That we might celebrate your life, Rejoicing all night long. Each of us has love to bring, Each a special song to sing, To lose your [...]
ENGLISH: For Grandma – birthday poem
Happy Birthday, Grandma! All my love to you! Pleased to have this chance to offer Praises that are due. Years and years of love Become an unheard song, Infiltrating every thought, Righting every wrong. Then the background fades, Harmonies cohere, Days stop on a day like this, And what we feel we hear: Your love, [...]
ENGLISH: For my aunt – birthday poem
For my aunt, the happiest of birthdays! On this day your quiet soul should sing! Rejoice in all the pleasure that this one day Must to the kids who love you surely bring! You, who give so much, should now be taking All the affection we poor souls can show. Understand this little fuss we’re [...]
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