Happy Birthday Poem by Akhtar Jawad

Happy Birthday

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Happy Birthday

My daughter was in the labor room,
I asked the gynecologist, though not wild,
What the ultra sound reports bloom?
The report has shown a female child.

A mother of one male and two females,
My daughter wanted a male child this time,
We're praying and praying to Divine Scales,
To balance the stanza with a handsome rhyme.

One hour after the last ultra sound,
My daughter gave birth to a handsome child,
A piece of beauty making every one bound,
To look at him, and kiss like a wild.

There are certain things that God only knows,
Fate, some thing definite and some are hanging,
Hung fate changes by prayers and bows,
Definite is definite, may be pleasing or paining.

And today is the birthday of that lovely nice boy,
My dear Hassan, I wish and pray,
A lovely long life with the moon light's joy,
Have a happy, happy, happy, very happy nice day.

(25th of May, the birthday of Hassan, son of my daughter,)
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POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
On the happy birth day of Hassan, my daughter's son and my grand son.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jasbir Chatterjee 26 May 2014

Happy Birthday, little angel..May God bless you...But I am apprehensive about the world you have stepped into...It seems to be still very much feudal in outlook where women spent most of their youth bearing children and female gender does not enjoy equal status; so mothers want their children to be sons, not daughters...

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Khalid Saifullah 26 August 2017

A beatiful poem expressing the sentiments of a grandfather..................

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Khalida Bano Ali 15 January 2015

Prayers can change the fate, a nice poem................10

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Geetha Jayakumar 10 July 2014

Heartfelt poem by a dear Grandpa to beloved Grandson. You have put this poem in sequence that one could picturise the whole scene. May our blessing too join with your blessing. Loved the way you wrote. Thanks to Grandpas writing...

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Khairul Ahsan 28 May 2014

Your poem is a reflection of your heartfelt love and affection for your grandson. I am very pleased to see your happiness. 'There are certain things that God only knows, Fate, some thing definite and some are hanging, Hung fate changes by prayers and bows, Definite is definite, may be pleasing or paining.' - Very true!

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Hira Akhtar 27 May 2014

Grandpa's love for his grandson has been paintsed with the colours of poetry :) How luck is he, having grandpa like you :) hira

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