To Grandmother! pg. 13

To Grandmother!

Darling Grandmother!

On the day on which each one wishes

Health, happiness and sweetness

On which they praise with tenderness

Humility and gratitude

            Accept [my] offering, however small

            I give you, well, what came out

            But I also sincerely say [it]

            [And] pray to God for your health

Oh, Father![1]

May God love you, daddy

May he give you lots of gold

This your Zosia wishes you

Who here has a heart for you

            A century of life in excess

May the good God give [you]

[And] with that strength and a loving world

And the cornucopia[2] of happiness[3]

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[1] The author of the poem titled “O Father!” gives her name as “Zosia” and is presumably fairly young, as she uses “baby talk” word for “God”.

[2] Literally “horn”

[3] Or “good fortune”