Áo Ấm Mùa Dông Cho Con

The Warm Winter Sweater For His Daughter

Seeing his daughter with her eyes so rounded and of a deep black color.
She is being carried in her father's arms with loving kindness.
She is always asking with her face wrinkles;
    and sleeping on his shoulders, in his arms.

The merit's father can't compare.
He works very hard in sunny weather.
It rains and pours very hard drops,
     his feet go in the muddy, deep water at four sites.

He is loving to his daughter who is waiting for him at the fence.
She babbles the lovely first words.
She reaches ten months old carrying the color pencil,
    she is calling "Daddy" and her father is wishing to hear.

She is sixteen months old with the happy sentences.
Talking loudly her house nearby, her mother tries to cover her up.
The father works very hard without complaining about his job,
    he forgets the difficulties when he is passing the muddy place.

Christmas is coming and all lights are up on this tree.
The sweater to wear to put on his daughter this winter season.
The playground is full of flower blossoms,
    the daughter is very interested in catching the butterflies,
    showing off the happiness around her father.

His daughter will grow-up someday and understand her father's generous-heart.
He passed through difficult times to take good care of his daughter.
Her father is like a huge ocean,
    like a high hill, standing on a mountain,
    he is never concerned about the hard work.
It is as if it were nothing.

-- Christian Hernandez

                   oOo

Áo Ấm Mùa Đông Cho Con

Nhìn con gái mắt tròn đen nháy.
Được bố yêu chiều ẵm bế ngay.
Luôn vòi vĩnh mặt nhăn đây,
trên vai giấc ngủ bàn tay vỗ về.

Công lao bố sánh sao cho kể.
Những việc làm bươi chải nắng kề.
Trời mưa giọt nặng dầm dề,
chân qua vũng lội bốn bề nước sâu.

Thương con gái đợi bên hàng dậu.
Bập bẹ lời yêu dấu tiếng đầu.
Tròn mười tháng vẽ chì màu,
câu "Daddy" gọi mong cầu được nghe.

Con mười sáu tháng lời vui vẻ.
Rộn rã nhà bên mẹ chở che.
Cha làm vất vả nào e,
quên đi khó nhọc qua khe vũng lầy.

Noel thắp sáng cây thông ấy.
Áo lạnh mùa đông khoác ấm này.
Nơi vườn giải trí hoa đầy,
con say bắt bướm vui vầy cạnh cha.

Ngày con lớn hiểu lòng cao cả.
Vượt đoạn trường chăm sóc thiết tha.
Người là biển rộng bao la,
đồi cao núi đứng phong ba chẳng nề.

-- Trần Ý Thu