詩歌:My Father Was My Hero父親是我心目中的英雄

My Father Was My Hero

My father was my hero, all throughout my life.

The father of eight children, he saw his share of strife.

When I was very little, he appeared to be so large.

In my eyes he could do anything, we all knew he was in charge.

He was a man of great strength both physically and in mind,

but in him there was a gentleness, he found ways to be outgoing and kind.

Many days of childhood were greeted with a kiss,

and songs to me as I awoke, those days I surely miss.

He made me feel so special, “Miss America” he would sing.

I knew I had my father's love. It gave me courage to do most anything.

From him I learned to stand up tall, to be proud of who I am.

Strength and determination were the qualities of this fine man.

As the years of his life dwindled down, that strength kept him alive.

Plus the unfailing determination to help my ailing mother have the care she needed to survive.

He loved her and his children, so much he gave up years of his life

caring for this woman, his soul?mate, his wife.

Day and night he struggled for years with her disease.

A lesser man would have been brought down to his knees.

With illnesses of his own, he still stood by her side

caring for her and loving her until the day she died.

Twenty days later his own time was at an end.

I lost my hero, my father, a man who was my friend.

A few years have passed, and life just isn't the same.

But as Father's Day approaches, I will celebrate his name.

With prayers to him and God above to stay by my side,

to watch over me and guide me, to look down on me with pride.

For I am my father's daughter, one day we will meet again.

But until then I will remember, and the love will never end.

父親是我心目中的英雄

父親，我心目中一生一世的英雄！

撫養八個孩子，擔子多麼沉重。

在我兒時的眼裏，你那麼高大，

爲撐起這個家，你無所不能。

你有健壯體魄，你有堅強意志，

還有謙和的內心，開朗慈善的面容。
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兒時，多少個清晨我從夢中醒來，

你輕吻的招呼一樣，你問好的歌聲不同；

你時時爲我唱起那首“美國小姐”之歌，

總會讓我感到格外神氣出衆；

童年時代雖然已成遙遠的記憶，

但確實讓我終生回味，綿長雋永。

正因爲我知道我擁有父親的愛，

面對繁雜的世事我才如此奮勇；

你教會我如何在人前感到自豪，

你教會我如何在世上昂首挺胸。

恆心的品質讓你堪稱優秀的男人，

力量的特性使你象大山雲端高聳。

隨着時光的推移你日漸衰老，

可那種力量卻使你活力無窮。

病痛纏身的母親需要你的照料，

你決心鐵定讓死神逃避誠惶誠恐。

爲了你的妻子，爲了你的兒女，

你奉獻了一切，自始至終。

一年又一年，一日復一日，

只爲我母親的疾病你雙眼熬紅。

你堅強的性格讓你勉力支撐，

儘管你自己身上也有病痛。

把關愛一路給予你終生的伴侶，

二十天後你也隨她辭世我痛上加痛；

我失去了父親，我失去了朋友，

我失去了心目中一生一世的英雄！

一別經年，人生也不同以往，

可父親節前夕，我要把你的名字讚頌。

我身邊你與上帝同在，給我關懷引導，

注視的目光爲我感到無上光榮。

只爲我是父親的女兒，將來總會重逢，

但此生此世我會把你的愛銘記心中。