Psalm 68:4-5
New International Version (NIV)
4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
Psalm 103:13
New International Version (NIV)
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
ON 19 June, 2011 We celeberate Father’s Day all over the world. We often speak about how mothers are important in our lives and often forget the sacrifice of our fathers and the roles they have played in our lives. He dedicated all his enjoyment and hard work just to get us a good life and give us a head start. Perhaps, this is because Dads tend to be less expressive than Moms and are often reserved in nature. Even if this is the case, we should not undermine the sacrifices he has made and the love and tender care he has showered upon us. Someone has rightly said – A father carries pictures where his money used to be. Today, in the materialistic world, we often become so engrossed with our families consisting of spouse and children that we overlook the simple courtesy of saying thanks and express our gratitude to our old men – our fathers, our dads, our tatays/itays, our tatangs and papas. Happy Father’s Day!
Proverbs 23:24
New International Version (NIV)
24 The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
Yiddish : tatti ; tay ; foter ; tateh
Welsh : tad
Venetian : pare ; popà ; ‘opà ; pupà ; papà
Turkish : baba
Spanish : papá ; viejo ; tata
Swahili : baba ; mzazi
Swedish : pappa
Slovak : otec
Slovenian : ôèe
Sicilian : patri
Sanskrit : tàtah ; janak
Russian : papa
Romanian : tata ; parinte ; taica
Polish : tata ; ojciec
Portuguese : pai
Persian/Farsi : pedar, pitar ; simply baabaa
Norwegian : pappa ; far
Nepali : buwa
Maori : haakoro ; kohake
Mandarin Chinese : baba
Malay : bapa
Latvian : tevs
Latin : pater ; papa ; atta
Lithuanian : tevas ; pradininkas ; protevis
Korean: abonim, aboji, appa
Japanese : otosan, papa
Italian : babbo
Irish : athair ; daidí
Indonesian : bapa ; ayah ; pak
Hungarian : apa ; apu ; papa ; édesapa
Hindi : papa ; pita-ji
Hebrew : abba(h)
German : banketi, papi
French : papa
Finnish : isä
Filipino : tatay, itay, tay ; ama
Estonian : isa
English : father ; dad ; daddy ; pop ; poppa ; papa
Dutch : vader ; papa ; pappie
Czech : táta, otec
Croatian : otac
Bosnian : otac
Brazilian Portuguese : pai
Arabic : babba ; yebba ; abbi (classical)
Afrikaans : vader
Here’s my son Jakey’s self composed song number on my 40th Birthday that I would like to share as it epitomizes the love of a son to his father…
(Verse 1)
16 years I’ve been living this earth,
16 years from the day of my birth,
the first man, my tiny eyes laid eyes upon,
was my father, as he held on,
to my mothers hands, as they called me
Jakey, the firstborn baby,
His eyes, flowing tears of joy,
to his first ever newborn boy,
and now,
(Pre Chorus) x2
I’m grown up but it’s all the same,
he’s still there, never left the game,
through the struggle of the everyday,
that’s why I sing this to celebrate
(Chorus)
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,
(Verse 2)
I was 3 when I heard the truth,
the one and and only was gonna be 2,
papa said ”I’ll still love you”,
gave me a hug just to prove it too,
so when Rox came to be I believed he was blessed
cause papa, and mama, loved him no less,
His eyes, flowing tears of joy,
to his second cute newborn boy
and now,
(Verse 3)
Me and Rox, we were crazy dudes
Rox loved making mischief, I loved eating food,
we were difficult kids, to work with
and now mama’s adds another little kid to the mix?
A third kid? To complete the set?,
”You bet!” that’s what papa said,
His eyes, flowing tears of joy,
when he first saw Ino boy,
and now,