ابويا واحشني جدا [Aboya Waheshni Geddan] [English translation]

I miss my father so much

I need his opinion on a couple of things

He has neglected checking up on me

And he hasn't come to me since the day he died

His glasses and his watch

are still on the shelf where he left them

And his clothes are in their plastic bag

and they're new since the day he bought them..

I wish to talk to him

to tell him of all that has happened

And I would tell him who visited him and gave him his blood

And I would tell him that I'm sorry

because I hid this all from him

I would swear to him that I wish

that I could touch his hands one day

I would make him a light cup of tea

And split a loaf of bread between us

His embrace always brought us all together

We found company in his voice

I [still] sit down with him many times

And I complain to him about life

I know that he hears me

I'm sure that he sensed me

Surely death is incapable

of murdering the feelings inside people

And there is no tree in this life

that you can hack down by its roots

And no one departs from this life

without leaving a son/daughter who is like him

and who prays for him

I really miss my father

I miss many things I used to do with him

things that I've stopped doing alone

ever since the day he died